# Fed rate hike bets hit Latam assets; Brazil's real jumps | Financial Post

> Most Latin American stocks and currencies fell on Wednesday after hawkish comments from Fed Chair Powell and other policymakers favoring big, fast rate hikes lifted the dollar. Brazil's real was an outlier, rising 1.2% as it recovered from four-month lows ahead of October elections, while Chile's peso hit a record low.

- Date: 2022-06-29 · published 2022-06-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Latin America · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/41148-fed-rate-hike-bets-hit-latam-assets-brazil-s-real-jumps-financial-post
- Commodities: [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md), [Brazilian Real (BRL per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDBRL.md)

## Why it matters

A stronger dollar and tighter US policy raise dollar-debt costs for emerging markets and pressure commodity-linked currencies, which can weaken South American export pricing and shift feed ingredient flows.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: bullish ▲
- USDBRL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DXY | 2022-01-27 | [Strong dollar hits Latam FX, Russian assets rise \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43348-strong-dollar-hits-latam-fx-russian-assets-rise-financial-post.md) | +0.1% | +0.7% |
| DXY | 2020-11-11 | [Brazil's real, Mexican peso hit by tepid economic data \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50377-brazil-s-real-mexican-peso-hit-by-tepid-economic-data-financial-post.md) | -0.5% | -1.7% |
| DXY | 2026-08-28 | [Brazilian Real Weakens as Fed Hike Bets Rise](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18106-brazilian-real-weakens-as-fed-hike-bets-rise.md) | -0.2% | +1.7% |
| DXY | 2022-04-28 | [Brazil real hit by surging dollar, focus shifts to earnings \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6865-brazil-real-hit-by-surging-dollar-focus-shifts-to-earnings-financial-post.md) | +0.1% | -0.4% |
| DXY | 2021-09-23 | [Gold prices ease as dollar firms on Fed rate hike comments \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44965-gold-prices-ease-as-dollar-firms-on-fed-rate-hike-comments-financial-post.md) | +1.0% | -0.0% |
| USDBRL | 2021-07-23 | [Brazil's real gains on rate-hike bets, but loses for the week \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46261-brazil-s-real-gains-on-rate-hike-bets-but-loses-for-the-week-financial-post.md) | -3.0% | +3.8% |
| USDBRL | 2021-05-27 | [Brazilian real leads gains among Latam FX \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47313-brazilian-real-leads-gains-among-latam-fx-financial-post.md) | -4.3% | -7.3% |
| USDBRL | 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) | -0.4% | +6.4% |

## Sources

- financialpost.com: https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/fed-rate-hike-bets-hit-latam-assets-brazils-real-jumps

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