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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said in a January 13, 2021 interview that the central bank is not raising rates anytime soon and rejected any near-term reduction in bond purchases. The dollar index was little changed to slightly lower at about 90.26 after he spoke, though it had risen about 1.2% since a three-year low the prior week.
A dovish Fed that keeps the dollar softer tends to support dollar-denominated commodity prices and reflationary trades, though the dollar's recent rebound limits the effect.
cnbc.comReutersFeb 1, 2021After 1,637 past bearish macro events, US Dollar (Broad) moved a median -0.2% over 5 sessions (39% higher; middle half -0.6% to +0.3%), and -0.2% 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.
