
The pound extended its pullback against the dollar, trading near 1.3425 after retreating from a recent high around 1.3500. Traders awaited October U.S. nonfarm payrolls, while the Bank of England had raised its policy rate by 25 basis points to 4% on Thursday.
The dollar’s strength and interest-rate expectations can affect currency-sensitive commodity prices and export competitiveness, but the report gives no direct agricultural supply or demand change. The immediate price implication for feed commodities is limited.
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.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
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.