# Brazil Real Swings on Fiscal Woes, Central Bank Interventions

> Brazil's real trimmed earlier losses after the central bank intervened in the currency market for a second time in one day, auctioning up to 30,000 FX swaps (about $1.5 billion). The move followed a dollar spot sale, the central bank's first direct intervention in years, and came amid concern over Brazil's deteriorating fiscal outlook.

- Date: 2024-08-30 · published 2024-08-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Brazil · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/29017-brazil-real-swings-on-fiscal-woes-central-bank-interventions
- Commodities: [Brazilian Real (BRL per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDBRL.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Currency intervention and fiscal worries lift the dollar against the real, making Brazilian soybean, corn and meal exports cheaper in dollar terms and supporting farmer selling and export competitiveness.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: neutral
- USDBRL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USDBRL | 2020-03-04 | [Brazil central bank to intervene in FX swaps market on Thursday](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54310-brazil-central-bank-to-intervene-in-fx-swaps-market-on-thursday.md) | +4.1% | +15.5% |
| USDBRL | 2020-03-18 | [Brazil central bank FX, bond intervention fails to prevent market rout](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6393-brazil-central-bank-fx-bond-intervention-fails-to-prevent-market-rout.md) | +1.1% | +3.8% |
| USDBRL | 2020-10-31 | [Brazil's central bank intervenes twice in the week in support of the weakening Real — MercoPress](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50836-brazil-s-central-bank-intervenes-twice-in-the-week-in-support-of-the-weakening.md) | -5.2% | -9.0% |
| USDBRL | 2024-08-13 | [Brazil's central bank had no reason to intervene in FX amid 'accelerated weakening'](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11942-brazil-s-central-bank-had-no-reason-to-intervene-in-fx-amid-accelerated.md) | -1.8% | +2.6% |
| USDBRL | 2020-03-09 | [Brazil stocks post biggest fall since 1998, central bank intervenes twice in FX](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6407-brazil-stocks-post-biggest-fall-since-1998-central-bank-intervenes-twice-in-fx.md) | +2.7% | +14.6% |
| SBM | 2019-08-27 | [Brazil central bank to continue FX intervention on Wednesday as real nears record low - The Business Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57788-brazil-central-bank-to-continue-fx-intervention-on-wednesday-as-real-nears.md) | -1.7% | +0.8% |
| SBM | 2024-08-30 | [Spot dollar closes higher for the 5th session despite interventions by the Central Bank \| Brasil 247](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29018-spot-dollar-closes-higher-for-the-5th-session-despite-interventions-by-the.md) | +3.0% | +4.7% |
| SBM | 2020-12-10 | [Brazil's real jumps after central bank hints at end of easing cycle \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49851-brazil-s-real-jumps-after-central-bank-hints-at-end-of-easing-cycle-financial.md) | +2.6% | +15.1% |

## Sources

- bloomberg.com: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-30/brazil-real-sinks-as-budget-data-miss-deepens-fiscal-woes

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