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The US Federal Reserve raised its benchmark rate by 0.25% to a range of 0.5% to 0.75% on December 14, 2016, its second increase in a decade. The central bank now expects three rate rises in 2017, up from two in its September projections.
A faster expected tightening path lifts the dollar and borrowing costs, which tends to pressure dollar-priced commodities and can weigh on feed ingredient prices.
bbc.comDec 14, 2016After 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.
The Fed's Dec 14 hike and its signal of three 2017 hikes instead of two was the direct catalyst for the dollar surge.
