
Morgan Stanley strategists advised buying euro-dollar dips and forecast the DXY index would fall 4% by the end of 2021, with the dollar weakness front-loaded in the first half. EUR/USD was trading near 1.1995, close to the 1.20 level where the ECB could push back.
A weaker dollar over 2021 would lift dollar-priced commodity import demand from outside the US, though this is a bank forecast rather than a new market shock.
After 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.
After 388 past bullish macro events, Euro (USD per EUR) moved a median +0.3% over 5 sessions (62% higher; middle half -0.4% to +1.1%), 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.