
The euro gave back overnight gains after the ECB said it would end its stimulus in the third quarter and left the door open to a rate hike before the end of 2022. The dollar strengthened after a strong US inflation report.
Tighter policy expectations and firmer US inflation support the dollar, which pressures dollar-priced commodities and raises import costs for non-US feed buyers. A stronger dollar tends to weigh on US export competitiveness.
After 533 past bearish macro events, Euro (USD per EUR) moved a median -0.3% over 5 sessions (33% higher; middle half -1.2% to +0.2%), and -0.5% over 20.
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.
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.