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US jobless claims data initially firmed the dollar, but gains faded after a weaker services sector survey. Treasury prices rose after the Bank of England held rates at a record low and cut its forecasts.
Markets expected the Fed to delay its next hike until December due to low inflation.
Mixed US labour and services data leaves the dollar without a clear trend, so there is little direct push on dollar-priced feed commodities. Lower-for-longer rate expectations generally support commodity prices.
reuters.comLucia MutikaniAug 3, 2017After 23 past neutral report events, US Dollar (Broad) moved a median +0.1% over 5 sessions (57% higher; middle half -0.2% to +0.4%), 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.
