
The Federal Reserve extended its dollar swap lines to Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Korea, Mexico, Norway, New Zealand, Singapore and Sweden for six months. Most lines carry $60 billion and three carry $30 billion.
The Fed said the aim is to ease strains in global dollar funding markets that were restricting credit.
Reduced offshore dollar stress should ease the dollar's rally, which supports commodity prices and eases pressure on currencies such as the Brazilian real, Mexican peso and Korean won that feed importers and exporters depend on.
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 213 past bearish macro events, Brazilian Real (BRL per USD) moved a median -0.2% over 5 sessions (46% higher; middle half -1.5% to +0.9%), 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.