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South Korea's vice finance minister said rising US Treasury yields have become a key variable in global foreign exchange markets. He noted that after the 10-year yield passed 1%, the euro, yen and yuan all fell against the dollar.
He pointed to Federal Reserve officials' signals of maintaining the current policy stance.
A firmer dollar tends to pressure dollar-denominated commodity prices and weakens emerging-market currencies, which raises the local cost of imported feed ingredients. The impact depends on how long yields keep rising.
koreaherald.comJung Min-kyungJan 19, 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.
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.
