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The European Central Bank pledged to keep interest rates at record lows for even longer to lift sluggish inflation. It warned that the fast-spreading Delta coronavirus variant poses a risk to the euro zone's recovery.
A more dovish ECB than markets expected widens the rate gap with the Fed and tends to weigh on the euro, which strengthens the dollar. A firmer dollar lowers USD-priced feed commodity values for import-dependent buyers.
reuters.comBalazs KoranyiJul 21, 2021After 533 past bearish macro events, Euro (USD per EUR) moved a median -0.3% over 5 sessions (33% higher; middle half -1.2% to +0.2%), and -0.5% 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.
