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Latin American currencies weakened after the US-China trade dispute escalated, with China imposing tariffs on about $75 billion of US imports and President Trump raising his own rates. Regional currencies fell more than 1% on August 23 to eight-month lows, and the peso reached 19.93 per dollar.
Trade-war escalation and weaker regional currencies can shift export flows and make dollar-priced feed imports more expensive for Latin American buyers. Soybean and meal trade in particular is exposed to China's tariff decisions.
latinamericanpost.comJuliana SuárezAug 26, 2019Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 16 past bullish trade events, Brazilian Real (BRL per USD) moved a median -0.3% over 5 sessions (44% higher; middle half -1.4% to +1.9%), and +0.9% 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.
