
Wall Street and global shares jumped toward record highs on Friday, while Treasury yields slumped and the dollar weakened. The moves followed a speech by Fed Chair Jerome Powell that confirmed rate cuts would begin soon.
Lower yields and a softer dollar signal easier financial conditions, which can support commodity prices and risk appetite. The dollar weakness is the link most relevant to feed import costs.
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.