
- Commodities are often quoted in U.S. dollars, making commodities cheaper or more expensive to the rest of the world based on the direction of the dollar.
- The 12-month and 36-month rolling correlations of $DXY to S&P GSCI note an increasing negative correlation.
- Longer-term directional moves of the U.S. dollar may imply the general direction of commodities as a sector.
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