Fed Chair Jerome Powell told the Senate Banking Committee that inflation remains far above the 2% goal, with PCE prices up 6.3% over the 12 months to April and core up 4.9%. He pledged the Fed would move expeditiously to bring inflation down.
Signals further aggressive rate hikes, which tend to strengthen the dollar and weigh on dollar-denominated commodity prices and risk appetite, pressuring feed grain and oilseed markets.
After 2,356 past bullish macro events, DXY moved a median +0.2% over 5 sessions (60% higher; middle half -0.3% to +0.7%), and +0.4% over 20.
After 301 past bearish macro events, CORN moved a median -0.1% over 5 sessions (47% higher; middle half -2.2% to +1.3%), and +0.2% over 20.
After 273 past bearish macro events, SOY moved a median -0.4% over 5 sessions (44% higher; middle half -2.4% to +1.4%), 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.