# Brazil's real, Mexican peso hit by tepid economic data | Financial Post

> Brazil's real fell as much as 0.6% on November 11, 2020, after September retail sales rose less than expected. Mexico's peso fell 0.8% after industrial output was flat in September, while the dollar gained on safe-haven demand as coronavirus cases rose.

- Date: 2020-11-11 · published 2020-11-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Brazil · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/50377-brazil-s-real-mexican-peso-hit-by-tepid-economic-data-financial-post
- Commodities: [Brazilian Real (BRL per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDBRL.md), [Mexican Peso (MXN per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDMXN.md), [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md)

## Why it matters

A weaker real and peso make Brazilian and Mexican exports more competitive and can lower the dollar cost of Brazilian soybean and meal supplies. The effect on U.S. feed prices is modest because the moves were small and partly reversed.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: bullish ▲
- USDBRL: bullish ▲
- USDMXN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USDBRL | 2022-04-28 | [Brazil real hit by surging dollar, focus shifts to earnings \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6865-brazil-real-hit-by-surging-dollar-focus-shifts-to-earnings-financial-post.md) | -0.2% | -3.1% |
| 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 | 2020-09-30 | [Mexican peso shines, Brazil's real flat amid fiscal worries](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51323-mexican-peso-shines-brazil-s-real-flat-amid-fiscal-worries.md) | -2.3% | +1.3% |
| USDBRL | 2022-06-07 | [Brazilian real hits 2-week low, Chilean peso slips before rate move \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41152-brazilian-real-hits-2-week-low-chilean-peso-slips-before-rate-move-financial.md) | +6.3% | +13.7% |
| 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% |
| DXY | 2022-04-28 | [Brazil real hit by surging dollar, focus shifts to earnings \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6865-brazil-real-hit-by-surging-dollar-focus-shifts-to-earnings-financial-post.md) | +0.1% | -0.4% |
| DXY | 2022-06-29 | [Fed rate hike bets hit Latam assets; Brazil's real jumps \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41148-fed-rate-hike-bets-hit-latam-assets-brazil-s-real-jumps-financial-post.md) | +2.0% | +1.8% |
| DXY | 2022-04-27 | [Brazilian real, Chilean peso steady against raging dollar \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6862-brazilian-real-chilean-peso-steady-against-raging-dollar-financial-post.md) | +0.6% | -0.3% |

## Sources

- financialpost.com: https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/brazils-real-mexican-peso-hit-by-tepid-economic-data

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