Macmillan Learning a. Between mid-2014 and the beginning of 2016, the dollar partners. The value of the dollar was November election. relative to the currencies of other trade for most of 2016, until it b. Why was there such a drastic change in the value of the U.S. dollar after the president took office in 2017? after the Market expectations about the value of other currencies appreciating, such as the peso, led to the value of the dollar increasing. O Market expectations about the speed and efficacy of the proposed policies began to wane, increasing the value of the dollar. O Market expectations about the speed and efficacy of the proposed policies continued to be favorable, lowering the value of the dollar. O Market expectations about the speed and efficacy of the proposed policies began to wane, lowering the value of the dollar