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The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index fell to an April 2018 low as the US prepared vaccine rollouts within weeks, boosting risk appetite. Emerging-market currencies gained as investors rotated into them, and Goldman favored shorting the dollar against peso and rand.
A weaker dollar and EM currency strength can support dollar-priced commodity demand from emerging markets, though the move is driven by sentiment rather than a supply shift.
moneyweb.co.zaRuth Carson, Bloomberg NewsNov 23, 2020After 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.
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.
