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Brazil's real rose to a one-month high after the central bank launched a program offering up to 120 billion reais in loans to small and medium businesses. Commodity-linked currencies including the Chilean and Mexican pesos firmed as the dollar hit a four-month low, and investors welcomed an EU stimulus plan.
A stronger real and weaker dollar tend to support dollar-priced commodities and can raise Brazilian farmer selling costs, supporting feed prices. Broad stimulus optimism also lifts risk assets and commodity demand expectations.
finance.yahoo.comShreyashi SanyalJul 24, 2020After 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.
After 1,637 past bearish macro events, US Dollar (Broad) moved a median -0.2% over 5 sessions (39% higher; middle half -0.6% to +0.3%), 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.
