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Latin American stocks and currencies fell on Thursday after hotter-than-expected US inflation and producer price data raised expectations of tighter Fed policy. The Colombian peso led regional losses, dropping 1.5% amid investor concerns over the Petro government's reforms.
Colombia's 2022 growth also came in below forecasts.
A stronger dollar and tighter US rate expectations raise the local-currency cost of dollar-priced feed imports in Latin America. The effect on grain prices is limited to the currency channel.
financialpost.comReutersFeb 16, 2023After 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.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
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.
