
A weekly FX wrap summarized last week's central bank decisions, including a barely hawkish Federal Reserve hold and a hawkish hold from the Bank of Japan. US advance GDP came in at 3.4%, above expectations, and the Bank of Canada was expected to hike by 0.25%.
The European Central Bank was described as slightly dovish on future rate hikes.
Stronger US growth data and a firm Fed tone support the dollar, which tends to weigh on dollar-priced commodities. The mix of hawkish global central banks adds to currency volatility that can move export competitiveness.
After 1,108 past macro events, Euro (USD per EUR) moved a median -0.1% over 5 sessions (46% higher; middle half -0.7% to +0.6%), and -0.3% 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.