
Risk sentiment weakened in the week ended November 7 amid signs of a US economic slowdown, a record government shutdown and AI-bubble fears. The dollar hit a three-month high after Fed Chair Powell said another rate cut was not a foregone conclusion, then closed the week slightly lower.
Uncertainty over the Fed's December path, with limited official data during the shutdown, keeps the dollar and commodity prices volatile. A firmer dollar would weigh on dollar-denominated commodity prices.
After 359 past neutral macro events, DXY 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.