The Turkish lira fell more than 8% against the U.S. dollar and briefly reached a record low, despite central-bank measures to provide liquidity and lower reserve requirements. The Argentine peso and South African rand also weakened sharply, while the Russian ruble fell and the dollar index edged lower.
Currency depreciation can raise the cost of dollar-priced feed imports and other agricultural inputs in Turkey, Argentina and South Africa. The report gives no indication of a direct change in commodity supply or demand.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
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.