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TD Securities outlined three scenarios for the Fed's decision, with a base case of 70% for a hawkish pause that leaves the door open to another hike. The other scenarios are a more hawkish pause with a possible hike before year-end (20%) and a dovish pause (10%).
The likely path of Fed policy drives the dollar, so the scenario weights shape expectations for dollar-priced commodity pressure and currency moves.
After 359 past neutral macro events, DXY 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.