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The ECB's account of its July monetary policy meeting reviews financial markets since June. It notes US and German yield curves kept flattening and term premia fell deeper into negative territory, partly due to trade-dispute uncertainty driving demand for safe-haven government bonds.
Market expectations for the first ECB rate hike were pushed further out.
Lower yields and a delayed ECB tightening weaken the euro relative to the dollar, which affects dollar-denominated feed commodity prices and import costs for European buyers. The effect on grain and oilseed prices is indirect.
ecb.europa.euEuropean Central BankAug 23, 2018After 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.
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.
