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The dollar strengthened against the Mexican peso on Monday as US Treasury yields rose, with the 10-year yield briefly reaching 1.51%, its highest since June. Stronger US data and expectations that the Fed will soon withdraw policy support drove the yield move.
The article warns that a sharp rise in yields could pressure emerging-market currencies.
A firmer dollar and weaker emerging-market currencies can make US feed commodities cheaper for Mexican and other Latin American buyers, which supports US export demand. Higher US yields also tend to pressure commodity prices broadly.
forex.caSep 27, 2021Not 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.
