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The Fed was widely expected to raise rates in its June meeting, and investors were focused on whether it would change its policy language. The policy statement was seen as potentially the most consequential rewrite in about two and a half years.
A signal of faster tightening would strengthen the dollar and tighten global financial conditions, which tends to weigh on commodity prices.
poundsterlinglive.comJames SkinnerJun 13, 2018After 359 past neutral macro events, US Dollar (Broad) moved a median -0.0% over 5 sessions (49% higher; middle half -0.4% to +0.4%), and -0.1% 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.
