# Brazil

> Brazil's real weakened past 5.44 per dollar as inflation pressures and a stronger dollar hit emerging-market currencies. Mid-August inflation came in at 4.95% year on year, above expectations. Market repricing pushed local rates higher, and weaker trade inflows widened the external gap.

- Date: 2025-08-28 · published 2025-08-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Brazil · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/23530-brazil
- Commodities: [Brazilian Real (BRL per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDBRL.md)

## Why it matters

A weaker real can make Brazilian soybean and meal exports more competitive, which weighs on dollar grain prices. Higher local rates signal tighter policy that slows domestic credit for farmers.

## Read by commodity

- USDBRL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USDBRL | 2024-08-09 | [Brazil: Real Trouble?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11943-brazil-real-trouble.md) | -2.5% | -0.2% |
| USDBRL | 2019-07-30 | [Brazil: BCB to ease - TDS — Octa](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58290-brazil-bcb-to-ease-tds-octa.md) | +4.1% | +9.7% |
| USDBRL | 2017-09-05 | [Brazil: Rate cuts to continue](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69154-brazil-rate-cuts-to-continue.md) | -1.3% | +0.9% |
| USDBRL | 2022-06-10 | [FX Weekly Summary (Brazil Issue)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11314-fx-weekly-summary-brazil-issue.md) | +3.4% | +9.3% |
| USDBRL | 2024-08-26 | [FX Weekly Summary (Brazil Issue)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29020-fx-weekly-summary-brazil-issue.md) | +2.0% | +0.5% |

## Sources

- tcx-dmu.org: https://tcx-dmu.org/latamregion/brazil/brazil-139/

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