As Fed Chair Janet Yellen yapped about the strength of the US economy in a speech to the Economic Club of Washington, the US dollar index briefly surged above a level set in March, to a high last seen in April of 2003.

US Dollar Weekly

As noted by the last red candle, the US dollar index is now down for the week. The last time the dollar touched as high as it did today was in March of 2003.

US Dollar Monthly

Speech Highlights