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The Australian dollar closed the prior week above the 67-68 cent range, reaching 0.6856 on a broad US dollar weakness driven by Brexit deal hopes. RBA Governor Lowe said negative rates were extraordinarily unlikely.
The US dollar index closed at 97.14, its lowest level since early 2018.
Broad US dollar weakness tends to support dollar-denominated commodity prices, while a firmer Aussie reduces Australian export competitiveness. The effect on feed markets is modest.
ofx.comMondayOct 20, 2019After 1,637 past bearish macro events, DXY 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.
