The euro fell after the European Commission cut its Italian growth forecasts and said Italy's 2019 draft budget breaks EU fiscal rules. The dollar rose ahead of a Federal Reserve meeting, with the dollar index near 96.25 after US midterm results.
Euro weakness and a firmer dollar on Italy-related fiscal stress make US-priced feed commodities relatively more expensive abroad, a modest bearish factor for export demand.
After 533 past bearish macro events, EURUSD 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, DXY 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.