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EUR/USD fell toward 1.0840 as Middle East tensions drove risk-off trading that favored the dollar. Traders also weighed ECB comments on possible rate cuts and the timing of Eurozone GDP data.
Markets were pricing about 50 bps of ECB cuts by June.
A stronger dollar from geopolitical risk-off flows makes dollar-priced grain and oilseed imports more expensive for non-US buyers. The effect on commodity prices is typically modest and short-lived.
fxstreet.comAkhtar FaruquiJan 29, 2024After 533 past bearish macro events, Euro (USD per EUR) moved a median -0.3% over 5 sessions (33% higher; middle half -1.2% to +0.2%), and -0.5% over 20.
After 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.
