Strong Appreciation Of U.S. Dollar After Fed Rate Hike Hits Raw Commodity Sector

The feature in the marketplace Thursday is a surging U.S. dollar index that soared to a 13-year high overnight. The greenback is the beneficiary of a U.S. interest rate hike on Wednesday that was accompanied by a surprisingly hawkish tone on monetary policy from the Federal Reserve. There is now talk the Fed could raise interest rates up to three times in 2017. Victims of the sharp appreciation of the U.S. dollar are raw commodity markets that are priced in U.S. dollars on the world markets, including gold To get full access to all Money Morning content, click here About Money Morning: Money Morning gives you access to a team of ten market experts with more than 250 years of combined investing experience – for free . Our experts – who have appeared on FOXBusiness, CNBC, NPR, and BloombergTV – deliver daily investing tips and stock picks, provide analysis with actions to take, and answer your biggest market questions. Our goal is to help our millions of e-newsletter subscribers and Moneymorning.com visitors become smarter, more confident investors. Disclaimer: © 2016 Money Morning and Money Map Press. All Rights Reserved. Protected by copyright of the United States and international treaties. Any reproduction, copying, or redistribution (electronic or otherwise, including the world wide web), of content from this webpage, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited without the express written permission of Money Morning. 16 W. Madison St. Baltimore, MD, 21201. The post Strong Appreciation Of U.S. Dollar After Fed Rate Hike Hits Raw Commodity Sector appeared first on Money Morning - We Make Investing Profitable .