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The dollar index rose to 89.877 after touching a one-week peak, driven by higher US bond yields and expectations of further Federal Reserve rate increases. The two-year Treasury yield reached 2.436%, its highest since September 2008, while sterling fell to a near two-week low after dovish remarks from the Bank of England.
Higher US yields and a stronger dollar raise the cost of US grain and meal exports for foreign buyers, which can pressure US feed commodity prices.
babypips.comReutersApr 19, 2018After 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.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
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.
