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Australian shares and the Australian dollar rallied after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank could slow the pace of interest rate increases as soon as its December meeting. He cited easing inflation pressures in the speech in Washington.
Expectations of slower US tightening weaken the dollar and lift currencies like the Australian dollar, which can make dollar-priced commodities cheaper for non-US buyers. The effect on feed prices is indirect.
afr.comCecile LefortDec 1, 2022After 1,637 past bearish macro events, US Dollar (Broad) moved a median -0.2% over 5 sessions (39% higher; middle half -0.6% to +0.3%), and -0.2% 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.
