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In a weekly currency podcast, Simon Derrick of BNY Mellon discussed why the dollar has weakened this year, citing lower US growth expectations and fading hopes for fiscal stimulus. He also addressed when sterling might bottom against the euro.
A structurally weaker dollar generally supports dollar-priced commodities, but this is a broad outlook rather than a new shock.
ft.comproduced by Fiona SymonAug 24, 2017After 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.
