# FX Weekly Summary (Brazil Issue)

> The Brazilian real opened the week at 5.379 per dollar and closed Friday at 5.344, up 1.1% on the week. The dollar index rose to 93.3 for a third straight weekly gain. Analysts flagged a possible US government shutdown and uncertainty over Evergrande as risks to emerging-market assets.

- Date: 2021-09-27 · published 2021-09-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Brazil · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/45287-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

A weaker real raises the BRL cost of Brazilian soybean and corn exports, which can support dollar-denominated prices for farmers. Global risk-off moves can also pull on commodity prices.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: bullish ▲
- USDBRL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USDBRL | 2022-06-10 | [FX Weekly Summary (Brazil Issue)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11314-fx-weekly-summary-brazil-issue.md) | +3.4% | +9.3% |
| USDBRL | 2024-08-26 | [FX Weekly Summary (Brazil Issue)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29020-fx-weekly-summary-brazil-issue.md) | +2.0% | +0.5% |
| USDBRL | 2022-10-03 | [FX Weekly Summary (Brazil Issue)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7983-fx-weekly-summary-brazil-issue.md) | -3.4% | -2.9% |
| USDBRL | 2024-02-14 | [FX Weekly Summary (Brazil Issue)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31877-fx-weekly-summary-brazil-issue.md) | -0.5% | +0.5% |
| USDBRL | 2022-07-29 | [FX Weekly Summary (Brazil Issue)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40695-fx-weekly-summary-brazil-issue.md) | +0.0% | -1.9% |
| 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 | 2021-11-12 | [FX Weekly Summary (Brazil Issue)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44257-fx-weekly-summary-brazil-issue.md) | +0.8% | +1.2% |

## Sources

- stonex.com: https://www.stonex.com/en-us/insights/fx-weekly-summary-brazil-issue-2021-09-28/

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