
Scotiabank says the euro firmed near 1.1240 as the dollar softened after the US midterms. Eurozone October CPI was confirmed at 4.0% year-on-year, and several ECB officials signaled a December rate hike is likely.
A firmer euro and a weaker dollar lower the dollar cost of US commodity exports priced in USD, a mild support for US grain and oilseed prices, while ECB tightening raises financing costs for European feed buyers.
After 388 past bullish macro events, Euro (USD per EUR) moved a median +0.3% over 5 sessions (62% higher; middle half -0.4% to +1.1%), and +0.1% over 20.
After 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.