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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 currencies.
The trade-weighted US dollar index, also known as the broad index, is a measure of the value of the United States dollar relative to other world currencies. It is a trade weighted index that improves on the older U.S. Dollar Index by incorporating more currencies and yearly rebalancing. The base index value is 100 in January 1997. [ 1]
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index ( WSJ Dollar Index) is an index (or measure) of the value of the U.S. dollar relative to 16 foreign currencies. [1] The index is weighted using data provided by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) on total foreign exchange (FX) trading volume.
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.
As of January 1, 2011, the Dow Jones FXCM Dollar Index was a measure of the U.S. dollar's value equally weighted against four of the world's most liquidly traded currencies: The equation [2] As time goes by, currency weightings will deviate from their original 25% as currency prices fluctuate. There are no regular scheduled rebalancings of the ...
This means the constituent exchange rates are all first defined vis-a-vis the USD. As an index, the home currency's value index against the USD since the base year (e.g., 1.98 means since the base year the currency has risen 98% against the USD) is divided by the geometric average of the trade-weighted value index of all currencies in a basket ...
The Philippine peso has since traded versus the U.S. dollar in a range of ₱24–46 from 1993 to 1999, ₱40–56 from 2000 to 2009, and ₱40–54 from 2010 to 2019. The previous 1903–1934 definition of a peso as 12.9 grains of 0.9 gold (or 0.0241875 XAU) is now worth ₱2,266.03 based on gold prices as of November 2021.
Chained dollars is a method of adjusting real dollar amounts for inflation over time, to allow the comparison of figures from different years. [1] The U.S. Department of Commerce introduced the chained-dollar measure in 1996. It generally reflects dollar figures computed with 2012 as the base year. [2]