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The U.S. dollar index fell 0.2% to 93.759 on Wednesday after the Bank of Canada took a hawkish tone and signalled that economic slack would be absorbed in the middle quarters of 2022. The loonie gained 0.7% against the greenback to trade at $1.2310.
The euro and yen also rose against the dollar.
The Bank of Canada's earlier rate-hike signal strengthened the loonie and weakened the dollar broadly. Currency moves like this change the relative cost of imported commodities for buyers in Canada and the U.S.
globalbankingandfinance.comJessica Weisman-PittsOct 27, 2021Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 1,637 past bearish macro events, US Dollar (Broad) moved a median -0.2% over 5 sessions (39% higher; middle half -0.6% to +0.3%), and -0.2% 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.
