The US dollar firmed during the week ended October 30 after hawkish Fed signals, a hold at 3.75-4.00% with a non-unanimous decision, and higher PCE inflation readings. The Dollar Index traded between 101.54 and 102.49 that week.
A firmer dollar on rate-hike expectations pressures dollar-priced commodities and weighs on import costs in emerging markets. This is a recap of a past week's currency moves rather than a new driver.
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.