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F12 · FOREIGN APPETITE FOR US ASSETS

Trade-weighted dollar (nominal broad index)

120.40
STALE ROBUST DRS 95 daily as of 2026-06-18

This tile is stale: the value shown is the last one the source published, never a fabricated current number.

The full history

2006 high 130.04 · low 85.60 · now 120.40 · 2 recessions shaded 2026

How it is read

What it measures
foreign appetite for US assets
Confidence
ROBUST : a primary official series, mechanically reported.
Reliability (DRS)
DRS 95: Two-sided by declaration: a falling dollar alongside falling long-end demand is the loss-of-confidence signature; a spiking dollar signals global stress and flight to quality. The partner tile to auction demand (F10).

Where it comes from

FRED ↗ Every number on this site is reproducible from this primary source.

What it read at past stress points

Lehman, Sep 2008 91.76 · CALM
Q4-2018 selloff 116.22 ◆ WATCH
Curve inversion, Aug 2019 117.88 ◆ WATCH
COVID crash, Mar 2020 126.13 ▲ EXTREME

Questions it helps answer

  • The Debt : Can the debt be carried, and who is carrying it?