The dollar index (DXY00) today is up by +0.23%. The dollar is moving higher today and is being supported by a +1% increase in WTI crude oil prices, which lifts inflation expectations and may prompt the Fed to tighten monetary policy, a bullish factor for the dollar. Gains in the dollar accelerated today on stronger-than-expected US economic reports on May ADP employment, May ISM services index, and Apr factory orders, hawkish factors for Fed policy. In addition, escalation of Middle East tensions is boosting some safe-haven demand for the dollar after US forces intercepted Iranian ballistic missiles and drones aimed at neighboring countries and struck an Iranian command center in response.
The US May ADP employment change rose 122,000, slightly stronger than expectations of 120,000 and the biggest increase in 16 months.