Where the Federal Reserve's broad US dollar index stands versus its history
The Federal Reserve's broad US dollar index was 121.60 on Oct 9, 2026, in the upper third of its 12 month range. Updated when the Federal Reserve Board (H.10) publishes a new reading.
Snapshot
The Federal Reserve's broad US dollar index was 121.60 on Oct 9, 2026, in the upper third of its 12 month range. The highest reading in the data is 130.04 on Jan 13, 2025 and the lowest is 85.47 on Jul 26, 2011; the data starts on Jan 2, 2006.
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What We Know
- Latest reading: 121.60 on Oct 9, 2026.
- Previous reading: 121.45 on Oct 8, 2026, so the latest is up 0.1%.
- One week earlier: 121.38 on Oct 2, 2026; up 0.2% since.
- One year earlier: 121.09 on Oct 9, 2025; up 0.4% since.
- 12 month high: 121.92 on Nov 24, 2025. 12 month low: 117.44 on Jan 29, 2026.
- 5 year high: 130.04 on Jan 13, 2025. 5 year low: 113.44 on Oct 28, 2021.
- Highest since: the latest reading is the highest since Oct 1, 2026, the last time the series was at or above this level.
- Lowest since: the latest reading is the lowest since Oct 8, 2026, the last time the series was at or below this level.
- Highest in data back to Jan 2, 2006: 130.04 on Jan 13, 2025. Lowest: 85.47 on Jul 26, 2011.
Octans View
At 121.60, the Federal Reserve's broad US dollar index sits 93% of the way from its 12 month low to its 12 month high. Over the past year it is up 0.4%.
Bear Case · Room for Disagreement
Limits. This page shows daily readings, not intraday levels; a market can trade above or below them during a session. The Federal Reserve Board (H.10) data reach FRED with a lag of about one week, so the latest reading can trail the market. Records refer only to the history this source carries; older data from other sources may show higher or lower levels. Nothing here is a forecast.
Method and source. Octans Research computes every figure on this page from the full published history of Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED) series DTWEXBGS. "Highest since" is the last earlier date when the series was at or above the latest reading. The page is regenerated by a fixed template when a new reading is published; no model wrote it.
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Sources
- [1]Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED) — Broad US dollar index, full daily history (series DTWEXBGS)
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