
The US dollar slipped against the Japanese yen on January 24 as investors sought safe havens over fears that the spreading coronavirus would curb travel and hurt demand. The CDC confirmed a second US case in Chicago and said as many as 63 potential cases were being investigated.
The dollar was near an eight-week high against the euro.
Virus-driven risk aversion is weighing on demand expectations and currency flows, which can pressure US export competitiveness and feed into broader commodity sentiment. For feed buyers the effect is indirect, mainly through weaker demand outlook for energy and metals.
Tras 2356 eventos alcista de macro pasados, Dólar estadounidense (amplio) se movió una mediana de +0,2 % en 5 sesiones (60% al alza; mitad central entre -0,3 % y +0,7 %), y +0,4 % en 20.
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