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Trade and the dollar · FRED DTWEXBGS

Broad Dollar Index

Nominal Broad U.S. Dollar Index

121.88
index · latest reading Nov 6, 2026
+0.5%
1 month
+2.4%
3 months
Nominal Broad U.S. Dollar Indexhigh 122.00 · Oct 14low 117.88 · Sep 9May 26Aug 17Nov 6
115 readings · May 26 to Nov 6 · index
What it is

The number, plainly.

The Fed's trade-weighted index of the dollar against the currencies of major U.S. trading partners.

What a Scan reads here

Higher, lower, and what each means.

A stronger dollar makes imports cheaper and exports harder to sell; a weaker dollar does the opposite and lifts the dollar value of foreign earnings.

A reading is not a verdict. The Scan phase of Woodring’s Loop collects the signal; the Story phase asks what futures it is consistent with, and only the Stake phase turns that into a decision. This page does the first part.

What it tests

The line in your 2027 plan.

Tests: the FX line in any plan with overseas revenue, imported inputs or foreign competitors.

Write the assumption down, name the reading that would break it, and put a date on when it has to be argued again. That is the 18-Month Sunset applied to one line of a budget. The Last Annual Planshows what this season’s moves have already done to the common ones.

Reading history

The last 36 readings.

Most recent first. Every value is as published by FRED at the time of the last refresh; FRED revises some series after the fact.

DateValueChange
Nov 6, 2026121.88+0.3%
Nov 5, 2026121.51+0.1%
Nov 4, 2026121.40−0.3%
Nov 3, 2026121.81+0.4%
Nov 2, 2026121.37−0.2%
Oct 30, 2026121.67−0.1%
Oct 29, 2026121.74−0.1%
Oct 28, 2026121.85+0.2%
Oct 27, 2026121.66Unchanged
Oct 26, 2026121.60+0.2%
Oct 23, 2026121.32Unchanged
Oct 22, 2026121.35Unchanged
Oct 21, 2026121.34+0.2%
Oct 20, 2026121.12−0.2%
Oct 19, 2026121.32−0.1%
Oct 16, 2026121.40−0.1%
Oct 15, 2026121.57−0.4%
Oct 14, 2026122.00+0.5%
Oct 13, 2026121.44−0.1%
Oct 9, 2026121.60+0.1%
Oct 8, 2026121.45+0.2%
Oct 7, 2026121.26+0.3%
Oct 6, 2026120.90−0.3%
Oct 5, 2026121.27−0.1%
Oct 2, 2026121.38−0.3%
Oct 1, 2026121.79+0.7%
Sep 30, 2026120.97Unchanged
Sep 29, 2026121.03+0.3%
Sep 28, 2026120.70+0.3%
Sep 25, 2026120.33−0.2%
Sep 24, 2026120.55+0.4%
Sep 23, 2026120.12+0.4%
Sep 22, 2026119.59+0.2%
Sep 21, 2026119.40−0.1%
Sep 18, 2026119.51+0.1%
Sep 17, 2026119.35—
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Source

Where the number comes from.

Nominal Broad U.S. Dollar Index (DTWEXBGS), retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: fred.stlouisfed.org/series/DTWEXBGS. Refreshed daily; 115 readings on file from May 26, 2026 to Nov 6, 2026.

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Predictive Planning Institute, Signal Library: Broad Dollar Index (DTWEXBGS). predictiveplanning.com/signals/DTWEXBGS. Data via FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Value 121.88 as of Nov 6, 2026.