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The euro fell 1.8% to about $1.07 after Trump's election win, its worst one-day drop since March 2020. ABN Amro, ING and Manulife expect the euro to slide toward parity with the dollar, and Mizuho and Deutsche Bank forecast $1.03 and $1.05 by year-end.
Wider rate differentials favor the dollar, which lowers dollar-denominated commodity prices and raises the cost of imported feed ingredients for euro-based buyers.
bloomberg.comAlice Atkins, Vassilis Karamanis, Greg RitchieNov 6, 2024After 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.
Documents the 1.8% euro drop, its worst day since March 2020, with rate divergence and parity forecasts reflecting the same post-election repricing.
The euro suffered its worst one-day drop since 2020 after Trump's win, as rate divergence and tariff risk drove parity calls; this is the main driver of the 5-day decline.
Euro's worst one-day drop since 2020 is the mirror image of dollar strength, since the euro is the largest weight in the broad index.
Euro fell 1.8% in its worst day since 2020 on rate divergence, mechanically boosting the dollar basket.
