The Canadian dollar weakened against the U.S. dollar on Thursday despite data showing Canada's economy grew 0.1% in July, beating expectations of a decline. Global stock and bond markets sold off after UK Prime Minister Liz Truss stuck to her fiscal plan and Fed officials signalled no easing of rate hikes.
Oil fell back, with U.S. crude settling 1.1% lower at $81.23 a barrel.
A weaker loonie makes Canadian-origin feed inputs cheaper for US buyers but raises costs for Canadian importers of US feed ingredients. Risk-off sentiment and a firmer dollar tend to weigh on commodity prices broadly.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 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.
After 565 past bearish macro events, Crude Oil (WTI) moved a median -1.4% over 5 sessions (41% higher; middle half -5.9% to +3.0%), and -0.5% 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.