The Chilean peso rallied about 1% off record lows as copper prices rose after China halved its COVID-19 quarantine period for overseas visitors. The Mexican peso slumped 1% and Brazil's real fell 0.6% as the dollar strengthened, and Brazil cut its 2022 growth forecast to 2%.
Currency weakness in Mexico and Brazil raises import costs for feed buyers in those markets, while the Brazilian growth downgrade and fiscal concerns add to real volatility that can affect Brazilian export pricing.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
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.
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.