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The dollar held steady on March 19 as investors weighed the Fed's pledge to keep rates low and look past a near-term inflation spike. The Fed's dovish stance had earlier triggered a dollar sell-off and pushed 10-year Treasury yields to 14-month highs.
Expectations of low rates alongside rising yields leave the dollar's direction uncertain, so the near-term effect on dollar-priced commodities is limited.
brecorder.comReutersMar 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.
