# FX Weekly Summary (Brazil Issue)

> StoneX reports the real closed the week of November 12, 2021 at 5.457 per dollar, down 1.2% on the week and up 5.1% year-to-date. The dollar index rose 0.8% on the week as US and Brazilian inflation data came in above forecasts.

- Date: 2021-11-12 · published 2021-11-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Brazil · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/44257-fx-weekly-summary-brazil-issue
- Commodities: [Brazilian Real (BRL per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDBRL.md), [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md)

## Why it matters

Stronger dollar and rising inflation expectations raise expectations of tighter monetary policy, which affects the cost of Brazilian export competitiveness and the value of commodities priced in dollars.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: bullish ▲
- USDBRL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USDBRL | 2021-12-10 | [FX Weekly Summary (Brazil Issue)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43825-fx-weekly-summary-brazil-issue.md) | +1.5% | +1.7% |
| USDBRL | 2022-08-05 | [FX Weekly Summary (Brazil Issue)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40233-fx-weekly-summary-brazil-issue.md) | -1.5% | +0.1% |
| USDBRL | 2024-03-25 | [FX Weekly Overview (Brazil Issue)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31429-fx-weekly-overview-brazil-issue.md) | +0.6% | +4.5% |
| USDBRL | 2025-05-26 | [FX Weekly Overview (Brazil Issue)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24894-fx-weekly-overview-brazil-issue.md) | +0.3% | -3.3% |
| USDBRL | 2026-09-21 | [FX Weekly Overview (Brazil Issue)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17669-fx-weekly-overview-brazil-issue.md) | +0.6% | -2.0% |
| DXY | 2022-06-10 | [FX Weekly Summary (Brazil Issue)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11314-fx-weekly-summary-brazil-issue.md) | +1.5% | +3.7% |
| DXY | 2022-01-07 | [FX Weekly Summary (Brazil Issue)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43355-fx-weekly-summary-brazil-issue.md) | -1.1% | -0.2% |
| DXY | 2024-02-14 | [FX Weekly Summary (Brazil Issue)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31877-fx-weekly-summary-brazil-issue.md) | -0.4% | -1.3% |

## Sources

- stonex.com: https://www.stonex.com/en/insights/fx-weekly-summary-brazil-issue-2021-11-15/

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