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NPR reports that emerging market currencies sold off in early September 2018, with the Indian rupee hitting an all-time low of over 71 per dollar. Currencies including the Turkish lira, Argentine peso, Indonesian rupiah and South African rand also fell to historic lows, which analysts blamed partly on rising US interest rates.
Broad emerging-market currency weakness raises import costs for feed-buying importers in these countries and can reduce their purchasing power for US and Brazilian grains and meals.
thin.npr.orgSep 5, 2018Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
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.
