
Colombia's peso gained on Friday after consumer prices rose a more-than-expected 10.15% in November, far above the central bank's target. Most other Latin American currencies rose as well after strong US jobs data, though MSCI's Latam currency gauge edged down 0.1% as the dollar strengthened.
Stronger US data reduces expectations for early Fed cuts, supporting the dollar and pressuring emerging-market currencies, which matters for dollar-denominated feed import costs in the region.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 92 past neutral macro events, Brazilian Real (BRL per USD) moved a median +0.4% over 5 sessions (58% higher; middle half -0.7% to +1.4%), and +0.4% over 20.
After 2,356 past bullish macro events, US Dollar (Broad) moved a median +0.2% over 5 sessions (60% higher; middle half -0.3% to +0.7%), and +0.4% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.