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Natixis analyzes how a sharp rise in US long-term interest rates toward 5% by end-2018 could affect asset classes. It outlines two scenarios: gradual Fed normalization with a stronger dollar, or rising inflation and protectionism with a weaker dollar.
Emerging-market currencies and sovereign bonds are identified as the most exposed.
Emerging-market currency weakness can lift the dollar cost of imported feed inputs and reduce import demand, while a stronger dollar typically pressures US commodity prices. The outcome depends on which scenario unfolds.
octaafrica.netMar 29, 2017After 359 past neutral macro events, DXY 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.
