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Franklin Templeton forecasts that a weaker US dollar next year could bring falling interest rates. That would lower currency hedging costs and create opportunities in commodity markets.
A forecast of a weaker dollar would support commodity prices, but the view is a longer-term prediction rather than a current supply or demand change.
After 1,637 past bearish macro events, US Dollar (Broad) moved a median -0.2% over 5 sessions (39% higher; middle half -0.6% to +0.3%), and -0.2% 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.