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The Australian dollar fell below 0.6800 after US November nonfarm payrolls showed 263,000 jobs added and wages rising 5.1% year on year, above consensus. The US dollar index rose to around 105.2 as Treasury yields climbed, and the ISM manufacturing index had contracted.
Stronger US jobs and wage data push up the dollar and raise expectations of further Fed tightening, which typically weighs on dollar-priced commodities and supports US export competitiveness.
octaafrica.netDec 2, 2022After 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.
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.
