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Brazil's central bank sold $1 billion in a surprise FX swap auction, which immediately reversed the real's losses. The real traded up around 0.5% to about 5.51 reais per dollar.
Currency intervention that strengthens the real can narrow Brazil's export price advantage in soybeans, corn and meal. The effect on world prices is usually modest and short-lived.
reuters.comOct 13, 2021After 213 past bearish macro events, Brazilian Real (BRL per USD) moved a median -0.2% over 5 sessions (46% higher; middle half -1.5% to +0.9%), and +0.2% 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.
