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The dollar moved back to a central role in currency markets as the new COVID variant reduced appetite for higher-beta currencies. US and European 10-year yields fell sharply, and the Dollar Index reached a new high.
Lower risk appetite and a firmer dollar weigh on dollar-priced commodities and emerging-market currencies, which can hurt feed import demand in those markets.
After 2,356 past bullish macro events, DXY 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.