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The U.S. dollar fell sharply after softer-than-expected U.S. core consumer price data, with the yen up as much as 3.3% in a day, its biggest one-day move since 2016. The Bloomberg-style dollar basket dropped about 2.2%, on pace for its worst day in nearly seven years.
Investors unwound long dollar positions in a crowded trade.
A weaker dollar makes U.S. dollar-priced grains and oilseeds cheaper for foreign buyers, which tends to support export demand and futures prices. The move also shifts money toward risk assets.
cnbc.comReutersNov 10, 2022After 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.
Softer-than-expected US core CPI on Nov 10 triggered the dollar's worst one-day drop since 2009 as crowded long positions were unwound, the main driver of the 5-day decline.
