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The U.S. dollar fell against emerging-market currencies as higher government bond yields in some of those countries made their currencies more attractive. The WSJ Dollar Index dropped 0.3% to 87.67, its largest decline since Oct.
10. The dollar lost 2% against the Brazilian real, 1.5% against the Turkish lira and 1% against the Mexican peso.
A weaker dollar lowers the local-currency cost of US commodity imports for emerging-market buyers, which can support demand for feed grains and oilseeds. A weaker real in particular tends to favour Brazilian export competitiveness, which can pressure US soybean and meal prices.
wsj.comDaniel KrugerNov 6, 2017After 1,637 past bearish macro events, US Dollar (Broad) moved a median -0.2% over 5 sessions (39% higher; middle half -0.6% to +0.3%), and -0.2% over 20.
After 213 past bearish macro events, Brazilian Real (BRL per USD) moved a median -0.2% over 5 sessions (46% higher; middle half -1.5% to +0.9%), and +0.2% 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.
