AMP's economist argues the US dollar's long-held reserve status is under pressure in 2025 because of policy uncertainty, debt sustainability concerns and possible tax changes for foreign holders of US assets. The underperformance partly reflects a return toward fair value after a decade of strength.
A sustained dollar decline would tend to support US commodity export prices and dollar-priced feed ingredients, but the piece is a longer-term outlook rather than a near-term supply shock.
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.