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ING notes the Mexican peso was the standout LATAM currency in January 2020 due to its high carry despite recession and rating downgrade risks. The analysis expects Mexico to have the most room for rate cuts while Brazil's real faces outflows as its economy adjusts to record-low rates.
Currency strength and carry flows affect the dollar cost of Mexican and Brazilian feed imports and the export competitiveness of Brazilian soy and meal.
think.ing.comJan 17, 2020Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 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.
