
The Australian and New Zealand dollars hovered near multi-year lows as risk sentiment weakened and yield spreads moved against them. The RBA has raised rates five months running to 2.35% and minutes showed it debated smaller hikes before opting for a half-point move.
Weakness in resource-linked currencies reflects falling commodity prices and China worries, and a weaker AUD tends to support Australian export competitiveness in grain and meat.
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.
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.