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The Colombian peso fell 1.1% as anti-government protests entered a third week, and the Brazilian real led Latin American currency declines with a 1.5% drop. The dollar rose after US consumer prices came in above expectations, raising the prospect of an earlier Fed tightening.
A stronger dollar and weaker Latin American currencies raise the local cost of imported feed and fuel. Expectations of Fed tightening could keep pressure on EM currencies.
financialpost.comReutersMay 12, 2021Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 301 past bullish macro events, Brazilian Real (BRL per USD) moved a median +0.4% over 5 sessions (57% higher; middle half -1.2% to +1.7%), and +1.0% 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.
