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Latin American currencies weakened against the dollar on Thursday, with Brazil's real and Chile's peso each falling as much as 1%. Brazil's manufacturing PMI hit four-month highs in June, while Chile's economic activity rose 18.1% in May.
Political pressure on President Bolsonaro over pandemic handling and a suspended vaccine procurement deal also weighed on sentiment.
Currency weakness in Brazil can make its soybean, corn and meal exports cheaper in dollar terms, which can pressure world prices, though the effect here is small and driven mainly by sentiment.
financialpost.comReutersJul 1, 2021After 92 past neutral macro events, Brazilian Real (BRL per USD) moved a median +0.4% over 5 sessions (58% higher; middle half -0.7% to +1.4%), and +0.4% 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.
