The dollar hovered near a 3.5-year low against the euro and sterling. Traders increased bets on deeper US rate cuts and eased expectations of an ECB cut after hotter French and Spanish inflation.
Growing expectations of US rate cuts weaken the dollar, which tends to support dollar-priced agricultural commodities and reduce import costs for foreign feed buyers.
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.
After 388 past bullish macro events, Euro (USD per EUR) moved a median +0.3% over 5 sessions (62% higher; middle half -0.4% to +1.1%), 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.