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The U.S. dollar fell against most major currencies on June 20, 2019 after the Fed kept rates at 2.50% but signaled possible future cuts. The dollar index dropped 0.5% to 96.6 points.
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said most members supported a cut before year-end.
Signals of future Fed easing put downward pressure on the dollar, which tends to support dollar-priced feed commodities. The impact depends on whether the cuts actually materialize and on trade-war developments.
economies.comRami HaddadJun 20, 2019After 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.
Dollar fell on June 20 as the Fed signaled possible cuts and Powell said most members supported a cut, raising rate-cut bets.
