# Latam FX rattled by Fed fears, rising COVID cases | Financial Post

> Latin American currencies fell as investors awaited the Fed's Jackson Hole summit, while the spread of the Delta variant and weaker commodity prices weighed on the region. Mexico's peso fell 0.6% and Brazil's real lost 0.8%, with Mexico's economy growing more slowly than expected in the second quarter.

- Date: 2021-08-26 · published 2021-08-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Latin America · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/45773-latam-fx-rattled-by-fed-fears-rising-covid-cases-financial-post
- Commodities: [Mexican Peso (MXN per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDMXN.md), [Brazilian Real (BRL per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDBRL.md)

## Why it matters

A weaker peso and real raise the local-currency cost of imported feed ingredients and tighten margins for Mexican and Brazilian feed buyers.

## Read by commodity

- USDBRL: bullish ▲
- USDMXN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USDBRL | 2023-01-19 | [Mexican peso leads LatAm FX lower as recession fears grow - Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37997-mexican-peso-leads-latam-fx-lower-as-recession-fears-grow-financial-post.md) | -0.8% | +1.7% |
| USDBRL | 2020-07-23 | [Latam FX weakens, Brazil's real comes off one-month high \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52312-latam-fx-weakens-brazil-s-real-comes-off-one-month-high-financial-post.md) | +1.0% | +8.0% |
| USDBRL | 2022-12-14 | [Latam FX slides ahead of U.S. Fed decision, unrest in Peru weighs \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38512-latam-fx-slides-ahead-of-u-s-fed-decision-unrest-in-peru-weighs-financial-post.md) | -1.3% | -3.0% |
| USDBRL | 2021-01-29 | [Brazil's real lags Latam FX on a barrage of weak data \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49383-brazil-s-real-lags-latam-fx-on-a-barrage-of-weak-data-financial-post.md) | +0.5% | +3.2% |
| USDBRL | 2021-05-12 | [Colombian peso falls on protests, Brazil real leads Latam FX declines \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47400-colombian-peso-falls-on-protests-brazil-real-leads-latam-fx-declines-financial.md) | +0.5% | -2.8% |

## Sources

- financialpost.com: https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/latam-fx-rattled-by-fed-fears-rising-covid-cases

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