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T. Rowe Price's Quentin Fitzsimmons argues that betting on Fed rate cuts to weaken the dollar may be dangerous.
He notes the greenback has fallen during only one of the past four U.S. rate-cutting cycles. The view challenges the conventional expectation that looser policy weakens the currency.
If the dollar holds up despite rate cuts, dollar-priced feed commodities face less currency-driven support. Buyers should not assume a weaker dollar will lift U.S. export prices.
bloomberg.comSusanne BartonSep 30, 2019After 359 past neutral macro events, US Dollar (Broad) moved a median -0.0% over 5 sessions (49% higher; middle half -0.4% to +0.4%), and -0.1% 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.
