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The Federal Reserve's H.10 weekly release reports foreign exchange rates against the US dollar for March 25 to 29, 2019, covering currencies including the Brazilian real, Canadian dollar, Chinese yuan and Mexican peso. The release also notes a methodology change to the trade-weighted dollar indexes effective February 4, 2019.
Currency moves against the dollar shift the relative cost of imported grains and feed ingredients across major buyer countries. This is routine data, so it has limited independent price impact.
federalreserve.govApr 1, 2019After 40 past report events, Brazilian Real (BRL per USD) moved a median -0.1% over 5 sessions (48% higher; middle half -1.3% to +1.3%), 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.
