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The dollar was set for a sharp weekly loss against the yen after Japan stepped in to support its currency. The yen had been under pressure from wide US-Japan rate differentials and higher oil prices linked to the Iran war.
A stronger yen after intervention lowers the yen cost of US-sourced feed grains and meal, though the move is a currency reaction rather than a supply change.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
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.