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Credit Suisse and most analysts expected the Banco Central do Brasil to raise its policy rate by 100bps at its August 4 meeting. Credit Suisse said a hawkish stance with forward guidance for further 100bps hikes would support the real.
It kept a near-term USD/BRL target of 5.00 and flagged political and fiscal risks.
Expected aggressive rate hikes widen Brazil's carry advantage and tend to strengthen the real, which lowers the local-currency cost of dollar-priced feed imports. A stronger real can also encourage Brazilian exporters to sell grain more slowly.
octaafrica.netAug 4, 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.
