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The European Central Bank added about 500 billion euros of stimulus by extending its bond-buying programme by nine months to December 2017. It cut monthly purchases to 60 billion euros from 80 billion, surprising markets, though Draghi said this was not tapering.
The extended ECB easing weakens the euro and supports a stronger dollar, which tends to pressure dollar-priced commodity values while cheaper euro feed costs are not directly affected in the near term.
infonews.caThe Associated PressDec 8, 2016After 533 past bearish macro events, Euro (USD per EUR) moved a median -0.3% over 5 sessions (33% higher; middle half -1.2% to +0.2%), and -0.5% over 20.
After 2,356 past bullish macro events, US Dollar (Broad) moved a median +0.2% over 5 sessions (60% higher; middle half -0.3% to +0.7%), and +0.4% 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.
