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The ECB cut its deposit facility rate by 10 basis points to -0.50% and kept the main refinancing rate at 0.00% and marginal lending rate at 0.25%. It also restarted net asset purchases at €20 billion per month from November 1, to run as long as needed.
Negative euro rates and renewed bond buying weaken the euro and support European liquidity, which can lift EUR-linked demand for commodities and tighten the dollar's relative strength against feed-importing currencies.
bis.orgMario DraghiSep 12, 2019After 533 past bearish macro events, Euro (USD per EUR) moved a median -0.3% over 5 sessions (33% higher; middle half -1.2% to +0.2%), and -0.5% over 20.
After 2,356 past bullish macro events, US Dollar (Broad) moved a median +0.2% over 5 sessions (60% higher; middle half -0.3% to +0.7%), and +0.4% 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.
