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The US Dollar Index rebounded above 96.60 after Treasury Secretary Bessent said the US has a strong-dollar policy. The index had fallen to near 95.50, a four-year low, after Trump said he was comfortable with a weaker dollar.
Currency swings of this size shift the relative cost of US-priced grains and oilseeds for overseas buyers, but the move is small enough to have limited direct price impact.
After 359 past neutral macro events, US Dollar (Broad) moved a median -0.0% over 5 sessions (49% higher; middle half -0.4% to +0.4%), and -0.1% 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.