EUR/USD rallied about 1.2% on Friday, its biggest one-day gain since March 2016, after US nonfarm payrolls came in far below expectations. The move nearly retraced the prior two-week decline in a single session.
Weak US labor data raises expectations of faster Fed rate cuts, which weakens the dollar and can lift dollar-priced commodities and shift currency-driven export competitiveness for US feed grains.
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.
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Much weaker-than-expected US payrolls triggered the euro's largest one-day gain since 2016, directly explaining the 1.16% move via USD weakness.