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The Australian dollar rose 2.5 per cent over the week and jumped 1.1 per cent on Friday, trading close to its high of US$0.7350. The move followed the Fed's change in policy framework, which signals interest rates will stay low for longer.
The shift weighed on the US dollar and boosted risk assets more broadly.
Lower-for-longer US rates push the dollar down and support risk-sensitive commodity prices. This could firm dollar-denominated feed input prices for importers.
currencylive.comFiona CincottaAug 28, 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.
