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The US dollar fell sharply last week after the Federal Reserve adopted average inflation targeting at the Jackson Hole Symposium, which markets read as dovish. Commodity currencies led the selloff, and the Australian dollar was the best performer among major currencies.
Japan's yen rebounded after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced his resignation.
A structural shift toward looser Fed policy tends to weaken the dollar and support US dollar-priced commodities over time. This macro shift could lift feed input costs for importers.
actionforex.comTD Bank Financial GroupAug 30, 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.
