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The Federal Reserve extended its emergency US dollar swap lines by six months, to March 31 next year, for US banks and some foreign central banks. The FOMC made no changes to policy rates or asset purchases and warned that the recovery is slowing as Covid-19 cases rise.
Extended dollar swap lines ease global dollar funding stress, which supports emerging-market currencies and import demand. The warning of slowing growth weighs on energy and industrial demand.
centralbanking.comCentral Banking NewsdeskJul 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.
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.
