# Brazilian Real Strengthens to Over 1-Year High

> The Brazilian real rose past 5.3 per US dollar, its strongest level since June 2024, after the central bank held the Selic at 15% and signaled a prolonged hold. The Federal Reserve had cut rates by 25 basis points and signaled further easing.

- Date: 2025-09-18 · published 2025-09-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Brazil · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/23089-brazilian-real-strengthens-to-over-1-year-high
- Commodities: [Brazilian Real (BRL per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDBRL.md), [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md)

## Why it matters

A stronger real raises the local cost of Brazilian soybean and corn exports, which can slow farmer selling and modestly support dollar-denominated grain prices.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: bearish ▼
- USDBRL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USDBRL | 2025-12-03 | [Brazilian Real Strengthens for 2nd Session](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8058-brazilian-real-strengthens-for-2nd-session.md) | +1.8% | +2.5% |
| USDBRL | 2019-01-29 | [Brazilian real likely to strengthen further \| Lombard Odier](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61297-brazilian-real-likely-to-strengthen-further-lombard-odier.md) | -2.5% | -0.7% |
| USDBRL | 2016-12-29 | [Brazil's real strengthens 21.5 pct in 2016, the most in 7 years](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73672-brazil-s-real-strengthens-21-5-pct-in-2016-the-most-in-7-years.md) | -2.4% | -5.1% |
| USDBRL | 2020-06-29 | [Brazilian Real Strengthens on EM Risk Appetite, Falling COVID-19 Cases](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52813-brazilian-real-strengthens-on-em-risk-appetite-falling-covid-19-cases.md) | -2.8% | -5.2% |
| USDBRL | 2026-09-25 | [Brazilian Real Strengthens Following Inflation Data — TradingView News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17668-brazilian-real-strengthens-following-inflation-data-tradingview-news.md) | +0.7% | -3.0% |
| DXY | 2020-12-03 | [KRW strengthens to 2.5-year high as Korean stocks rally - KED Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49891-krw-strengthens-to-2-5-year-high-as-korean-stocks-rally-ked-global.md) | -0.5% | -1.2% |
| DXY | 2017-04-17 | [Baht expected to strengthen to 21-month high](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71749-baht-expected-to-strengthen-to-21-month-high.md) | +0.2% | +0.2% |
| DXY | 2017-09-08 | [Chinese yuan strengthens to near 16-month high against USD - People's Daily Online](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7803-chinese-yuan-strengthens-to-near-16-month-high-against-usd-people-s-daily-online.md) | +0.6% | +2.5% |

## Sources

- tradingeconomics.com: https://tradingeconomics.com/brazil/currency/news/486344

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