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TD Securities revised its Brazil central bank outlook and now expects two further consecutive 50bp rate cuts, starting at this week's meeting. The forecast cites accelerating pension reform and projected net savings of 800-900 billion reais over ten years.
Economists surveyed by Bloomberg are split between 25bp, 50bp and no change.
Easier Brazilian monetary policy and a weaker real can make Brazilian exports cheaper in dollar terms, which tends to pressure soybean and corn export prices and supports Brazilian farm-side competitiveness.
octaafrica.netJul 30, 2019After 301 past bullish macro events, USDBRL moved a median +0.4% over 5 sessions (57% higher; middle half -1.2% to +1.7%), and +1.0% 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.
