
The ECB will reduce its asset purchases from €60 billion to €30 billion per month from January 2018 and continue until at least September 2018. The bank said it would readjust the programme if financial conditions deteriorate, and the programme has bought roughly €2.1 trillion in assets since 2015.
The gradual end of ECB stimulus supports the euro against the dollar, which tends to lower dollar commodity prices and can shift relative feed import demand.
After 388 past bullish macro events, Euro (USD per EUR) moved a median +0.3% over 5 sessions (62% higher; middle half -0.4% to +1.1%), and +0.1% over 20.
After 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.
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.