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Brazil's real rallied more than 1% to around 5.49 per dollar after the central bank sold $1.75 billion in FX interventions. The move followed the bank's first rate hike in nearly six years, a stronger-than-expected 75 basis point increase to 2.75%.
Central bank dollar sales and a firmer real can make Brazilian soybean and corn exports pricier, a modest support factor for world feed grain prices.
brecorder.comReutersMar 19, 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.
