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The Swiss franc was calm while the US dollar steadied after the Fed's policy statement. The Fed said job gains kept pace with workforce growth and economic activity continued to expand.
A steady dollar on a balanced Fed outlook gives little direct push to feed commodity prices. Rate expectations remain the main channel for currency-driven commodity moves.
After 359 past neutral macro events, US Dollar (Broad) moved a median -0.0% over 5 sessions (49% higher; middle half -0.4% to +0.4%), 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.