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The Australian and New Zealand dollars fell after US nonfarm payrolls rose 517,000 in January, well above expectations of 185,000, and unemployment fell to 3.4%. Markets priced in higher Federal Reserve rates peaking above 5%.
Stronger US data lifts the dollar and tightens financial conditions, which tends to pressure dollar-denominated commodity prices including grains and feed ingredients.
brecorder.comReutersFeb 6, 2023After 53 past bullish report events, US Dollar (Broad) moved a median +0.1% over 5 sessions (51% higher; middle half -0.4% to +0.5%), and +0.5% over 20.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
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.
