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Japan announced it intervened to prop up the yen for the first time in 24 years. The yen had lost over 20% against the dollar over the past year, raising the cost of imported energy and food.
A weak yen raises Japan's import costs for feed grains and energy, while the dollar strength it reflects tends to weigh on US-priced commodities. The intervention is a currency event rather than a supply change.
nytimes.comBen DooleySep 22, 2022Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 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.
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.
