Fed’s hawkish stance triggers dollar breakout to one-year high

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The Federal Reserve’s surprisingly hawkish tone under new Chairman Kevin Warsh has driven the U.S. dollar index to a one-year high, breaking out of a narrow 97–100 trading range that had held since April 2025. Commerzbank senior currency strategist Volkmaur Baur noted that even after a U.S.–Iran memorandum of understanding, the euro fell about 1% against the dollar in the past week, while U.S. two-year note yields jumped from 3.75% two months ago to 4.18%. Goldman Sachs global foreign exchange strategist Kamakshya Trivedi said the Fed’s rhetorical shift surprised markets more than the putative peace agreement, emphasizing that rate differentials correlate more consistently with the dollar than oil prices. Standard Chartered Bank forex strategist Steven Englander pointed to resilient U.S. growth reinforcing investor conviction in American exceptionalism, while Big Picture Trading founder Patrick Ceresna sees the dollar index potentially reaching 102, 103, or even 105 through the fall. Additional support comes from AI infrastructure investment driving capital demand, the recent SpaceX listing, and expectations for jumbo IPOs from Anthropic and OpenAI later this autumn.