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The US Federal Reserve said it would end its pandemic-era bond purchases in March and signaled as many as three rate hikes by the end of 2022. South Korean officials said the move was within market expectations and would have a limited impact on local markets.
The Bank of Korea also declined to extend its $60 billion currency swap deal.
Expected Fed tightening tends to strengthen the dollar, which raises the cost of dollar-priced feed imports for emerging-market buyers and can weigh on demand for US grain and meal. The effect on feed prices is indirect and gradual.
koreaherald.comJung Min-kyungDec 17, 2021After 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.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
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.
