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Most Latin American currencies fell against a firmer dollar on March 10 after US consumer prices surged in February, raising bets on a Federal Reserve rate hike in March. The Brazilian real, Colombian peso and Mexican peso lost between 0.1% and 2%, while copper-linked Chilean and Peruvian currencies gained.
Petrobras also said it would raise fuel prices.
A stronger dollar and rate-hike expectations make dollar-priced feed imports more expensive for Latin American buyers, and higher fuel costs add to inflation pressure on feed and freight.
scceu.orgMar 10, 2022After 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.
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.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
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.
