
The USD Index closed the week up 0.15% at 101.96 after a volatile week in which the dollar initially rose on expectations of a hawkish Fed, then reversed after the Fed held rates unchanged. Downward pressure on the dollar persisted before it stabilized on safe-haven demand.
Vietnamese bank and free-market USD rates were reported as unchanged.
A firm dollar raises the cost of dollar-priced feed imports for emerging-market buyers, while the stabilizing index has limited direct effect on grain futures.
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.