
Rabobank says Hamas's attack on Israel has triggered global risk-off sentiment, alongside strong US payrolls. It expects USD/BRL to reach 5.05 by end-2023 and 5.15 by end-2024, citing geopolitical risk and fiscal fragility in Brazil.
Geopolitical risk-off flows and a weaker BRL can shift Brazilian export competitiveness for soy and corn, which affects global feed grain pricing.
After 301 past bullish macro events, Brazilian Real (BRL per USD) moved a median +0.4% over 5 sessions (57% higher; middle half -1.2% to +1.7%), and +1.0% 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.