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Australia's unemployment rate fell to a seven-month low, which strengthened expectations of further rate hikes. The Australian dollar gained about 0.6% to a 15-month peak of $0.68, and three-year government bond yields rose to above 4.2%.
A tighter labour market raises the odds of RBA tightening, which supports the Aussie and bond yields. The effect on feed commodities is indirect, through currency-driven export pricing.
reuters.comStella QiuJan 22, 2026Not 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.
