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The Australian and New Zealand dollars edged lower on Friday as upbeat US data lifted the greenback after a dovish Fed remark had weighed on it earlier in the week. AUD/USD settled at 0.7347 and NZD/USD at 0.6976.
US consumer spending rose 1.0% in June, with wage growth in Q2 the fastest in 13 years.
A stronger US dollar and weaker antipodean currencies are a mild headwind for US-denominated commodity prices and a modest support for some dollar-priced exports, with limited direct effect on feed grain fundamentals.
fxempire.comJames HyerczykJul 31, 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.
