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The Federal Reserve cut its policy rate by a quarter point, but Chair Jerome Powell described the move as a mid-cycle adjustment rather than the start of an easing cycle. The S&P 500 fell as much as 1.8% and the dollar rose, extending its 2019 rally.
A firmer dollar after a rate cut weakens dollar-denominated commodity prices and can cut US export competitiveness for grains and meal, which tends to pressure feed ingredient prices.
businessinsider.comCarmen ReinickeAug 1, 2019After 2,356 past bullish macro events, US Dollar (Broad) moved a median +0.2% over 5 sessions (60% higher; middle half -0.3% to +0.7%), and +0.4% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
