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The ECB Financial Stability Review for May 2021 examines the risk that a correction in US equity markets could spill over into euro area markets and financial conditions. It notes US equity prices are over 20% above pre-pandemic levels and cyclically adjusted P/E ratios are historically high, with a possible rise in US Treasury yields as a trigger.
A sharp US equity sell-off or rise in Treasury yields could strengthen the dollar and tighten financial conditions, which tends to pressure commodity prices. The analysis is a risk assessment rather than a new market shock.
ecb.europa.euHelmersson, Tobias, Grothe, Magdalena, Vassallo, Danilo, Quint, DominicMay 19, 2021After 359 past neutral macro events, US Dollar (Broad) moved a median -0.0% over 5 sessions (49% higher; middle half -0.4% to +0.4%), and -0.1% 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.
