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The U.S. Dollar Index (USDX, DXY, DX, or, informally, the "Dixie") is an index (or measure) of the value of the United States dollar relative to a basket of foreign currencies, [1] often referred to as a basket of U.S. trade partners' currencies. [2] The Index goes up when the U.S. dollar gains "strength" (value) when compared to other ...
Downturn in stock prices during 2002 in stock exchanges across the United States, Canada, Asia, and Europe. After recovering from lows reached following the September 11 attacks, indices slid steadily starting in March 2002, with dramatic declines in July and September leading to lows last reached in 1997 and 1998. See stock market downturn of 2002
The real exchange rate is a more informative measure of the dollar's worth since it accounts for countries whose currencies experience differing rates of inflation from that of the United States. This is compensated for by adjusting the exchange rates in the formula using the consumer price index of the respective countries.
Before the U.S. Dollar Index was established by the Federal Reserve in 1973, the U.S. dollar was pegged to the price of physical gold, and the world’s currencies accordingly against the dollar.
There are no regular scheduled rebalancings of the index components. To protect the index's integrity, the index administrator is alerted if any of the individual component currencies falls in value by more than 90% from its January 1, 2011 value. [2] The Dow Jones FXCM Dollar Index (USDOLLAR) is a collaboration between Dow Jones Indexes and FXCM.
Thus the United States moved to a gold standard, making both gold and silver the legal-tender coinage of the United States, and guaranteed the dollar as convertible to 23.22 grains (1.50463 grams, 0.048375 troy ounces) of pure gold, or a little over $20.67 per ounce.
The Plaza Accord was a joint agreement signed on September 22, 1985, at the Plaza Hotel in New York City, between France, West Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, to depreciate the U.S. dollar in relation to the French franc, the German Deutsche Mark, the Japanese yen and the British pound sterling by intervening in currency markets.
The Fed tracks the PCE price measures for monetary policy. It has reduced its benchmark overnight interest rate by 100 basis point to the 4.25%-4.50% range since September.