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Global markets were braced for the Federal Reserve's first rate cut since the Covid-19 pandemic, after the ECB, Bank of England, Bank of Canada and others had already cut. The article notes that rate differentials affect currencies, with the yen and lira under pressure.
A Fed cut narrows rate gaps and tends to weaken the dollar, which can shift currency-driven demand for dollar-priced commodities and affect emerging-market buying power for feed imports.
cnbc.comJenni ReidOct 1, 2024After 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.
Not 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.
