
Overseas investors are finding dollars increasingly expensive and scarce as the Fed raises rates and shrinks its balance sheet. The cross-currency basis widened sharply on Thursday, the day after the Fed's eighth hike of the cycle, and the cost of borrowing dollars offshore is now the highest since 2009.
Quarter-end rebalancing and Italy-related euro outflows may have contributed.
Tighter dollar funding raises the cost of trade finance and debt service for importers of feed commodities, which can curb purchases and weigh on prices. It also signals a stronger dollar that pressures dollar-priced commodities.
過去の強気なマクロイベント2,356件の後、米ドル指数(広範) は5営業日で中央値 +0.2% 動き(60% が上昇。中央50%は -0.3% から +0.7%)、20営業日では +0.4% 動きました。
イベント直前の終値からの各商品ベンチマークの動き。過去の傾向は同種の過去イベントをまとめたものであり、起きたことを示すもので、今後を示すものではありません。投資助言ではありません。