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Foreign currency deposits in South Korean banks reached a record $52.8 billion as of November 19, as speculators bet on a dollar rebound. The dollar traded near 1,100 won, down from a March high of 1,271.
Analysts attributed the dollar's decline to US quantitative easing and expected Biden-era fiscal spending.
Speculative dollar positioning in Korea signals expectations of won volatility, which affects local feed import costs. It has little direct effect on global feed commodity prices.
koreajoongangdaily.comYONHAPNov 23, 2020Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
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.
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.
