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Emerging market currencies fell on Friday, with the MSCI Latin American currency index down 0.4% on the day and 0.2% on the week, and the EM currency index posting its worst week since January. The dollar hit its strongest weekly performance in ten weeks, while the Colombian peso gained 0.4% after the central bank cut rates by 50 basis points and raised its growth outlook.
A stronger dollar tends to pressure EM currencies and can weigh on dollar-denominated commodity prices, while a firmer peso lowers the local-currency cost of Colombian import demand for feed inputs.
republicworld.comBusiness DeskMar 24, 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.
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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.
