U.S. Dollar Index Lower Ahead of Data and FOMC

The September U.S. Dollar Index is trading at 97.16, down 0.16. The U.S. dollar index is trading a little lower, chatter about monetary policy and economic data is ongoing. The U.S. Federal Reserve Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is scheduled to announce if there is any change to monetary policy and release a statement Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. ET. Ahead of the Fed statement, the census bureau is scheduled to release durable goods orders at 8:30 a.m. ET and the National Association of Realtors (NAR) pending home sales figures are due out at 10:00 a.m. ET.