The Trade-Weighted U.S. Dollar Index.
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis provides “weighted averages of the foreign exchange value of the U.S. dollar against the currencies of a broad group of major U.S. trading partners.”
From strongest to weakest, here is the current weighting (in percentage) of the index:
COUNTRY | WEIGHT(%) |
---|---|
Eurozone | 18.947 |
China | 15.835 |
Canada | 13.384 |
Mexico | 13.524 |
Japan | 6.272 |
United Kingdom | 5.306 |
Korea | 3.322 |
Taiwan | 1.95 |
Singapore | 1.848 |
Brazil | 1.979 |
Malaysia | 1.246 |
Hong Kong | 1.41 |
India | 2.874 |
Switzerland | 2.554 |
Thailand | 1.096 |
Australia | 1.395 |
Russia | 0.526 |
Israel | 1.053 |
Sweden | 0.52 |
Indonesia | 0.675 |
Saudi Arabia | 0.499 |
Chile | 0.625 |
Philippines | 0.687 |
Colombia | 0.604 |
Argentina | 0.507 |
Total | 100 |
*Weights as of December 16, 2019
The main difference between the USDX and the trade-weighted U.S. dollar index is the basket of currencies used and their relative weights.
The trade-weighted index includes countries from all over the world, including some developing countries.
Given how global trade is developing, this index is probably a better reflection of the U.S. dollar’s value across the globe.
The weights are based on annual trade data.
Weights for the broad index can be found at https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/H10/Weights/.
If you’d like to see historical data, check out https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h10/Summary/.
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