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Latin American currencies traded in a tight range on Friday ahead of a speech by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell at the Jackson Hole conference. The Brazilian real rose 0.3% against the dollar and was on track for a weekly gain of 2.6%, one of the best-performing emerging market currencies.
The Mexican peso extended its declines to a third straight day.
A firmer real eases the cost of dollar-priced grain and meal imports for Brazil's feed sector, while Fed guidance on tapering can shift dollar strength across commodity prices.
brecorder.comReutersAug 27, 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.
