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The Canadian dollar weakened against the U.S. dollar on Jan. 26 after the Bank of Canada left its policy rate at a record low of 0.25%.
Markets had priced about a 70% chance of a hike, and the central bank now signaled lift-off in March. The U.S. dollar rallied as the Federal Reserve also signaled a March rate hike.
A firmer U.S. dollar and expected Fed tightening raise the cost of dollar-priced feed commodities for non-U.S. buyers. Higher oil prices partly offset the loonie's weakness, so the net effect on Canadian feed costs is mixed.
financialpost.comReutersJan 26, 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.
