
The Bank of Canada held its overnight rate at 0.25% and kept its quantitative easing program running at at least C$4 billion per week. The bank said stronger demand is pushing up commodity prices, including oil, and that a broad decline in the US dollar has lifted the Canadian dollar.
Continued easy monetary policy and rising commodity demand support energy and commodity prices, while a weaker US dollar tends to lift dollar-denominated grain and oilseed prices.
After 1,637 past bearish macro events, DXY moved a median -0.2% over 5 sessions (39% higher; middle half -0.6% to +0.3%), and -0.2% over 20.
After 487 past bullish macro events, WTI moved a median +1.0% over 5 sessions (60% higher; middle half -2.0% to +4.0%), and +1.5% 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.