
Dollar index forecast: DXY clings to 101.60 support as Fed decision nears
The US dollar index steadied near 101.70 on Wednesday after touching a three-week low, caught between fading October hike odds and a near-certain December rate increase.
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The US dollar index steadied near 101.70 on Wednesday after touching a three-week low, caught between fading October hike odds and a near-certain December rate increase.

The dollar index fell 0.25% to 101.71 on Tuesday as traders weighed the US-Iran war against fresh doubts about the AI trade, with sterling, the euro, the yen and the Canadian dollar all gaining.

The dollar index fell 0.17% to 101.87 on Friday, heading for its first weekly decline in five weeks as AI-driven market stress and fading Fed rate-hike bets knocked the greenback off its highs.

ING's FX team says the dollar is stretched across the G10 — overvalued by 1.1% on its own model — but sees no macro trigger yet for the rally to turn.

GBP/USD clung to 1.3200 into Friday's US jobs report — then September payrolls printed at just 29K vs 90K expected, knocking the dollar and giving sterling breathing room.