
Marc Chandler notes the US dollar fell heavily in the week ending November 1, led by risk-sensitive currencies, and the Fed signaled a pause after its third rate cut. He sees scope for one more dollar decline before a correction, with support near 97.00-97.15 on the dollar index.
A softer dollar and emerging market currency strength would support dollar-priced feed commodity demand from importers, though the impact is gradual and mostly indirect.
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 362 past bearish macro events, Chinese Yuan (CNY per USD) moved a median -0.1% over 5 sessions (42% higher; middle half -0.4% to +0.1%), 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.