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The Australian dollar fell in Asian trade after US Treasury yields surged, with the five-year yield briefly above 3% for the first time since 2018. Gold and silver also declined, while Australian manufacturing and services PMIs stayed in expansion.
Higher US yields draw capital toward dollar assets and pressure risk-sensitive currencies, which is a routine market move with no new feed supply or demand driver.
ig.comThomas WestwaterApr 22, 2022Not 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.
