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Roughly two-thirds of about 150 currencies tracked by Bloomberg have weakened against the dollar, driven by shifting expectations about Fed rate cuts from a 20-year high. Capital is flowing into U.S. assets with force felt across Brussels, Beijing, Toronto and Tokyo.
Broad dollar strength squeezes importers in emerging markets and makes dollar-denominated commodities more expensive for non-US buyers, which tends to weigh on demand and prices for feed inputs.
nytimes.comApr 29, 2024After 2,356 past bullish macro events, US Dollar (Broad) moved a median +0.2% over 5 sessions (60% higher; middle half -0.3% to +0.7%), and +0.4% 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.
