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The US dollar gained against most ASEAN currencies in the past week, including the Singapore dollar, Thai baht and Indonesian rupiah. The Philippine peso was the exception.
Traders were positioning ahead of the Federal Reserve's Jackson Hole symposium, where the Fed could signal when it will begin tapering its balance sheet.
Dollar strength and expectations of Fed tapering raise the local-currency cost of dollar-priced feed imports across Southeast Asia. Tighter liquidity could also reduce capital flows into emerging markets.
forex.caAug 23, 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.
