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The Mexican peso has appreciated 6.09% against the dollar since December 14, making it the best-performing emerging-market currency over that period, ahead of the South African rand at 4.78% and the Brazilian real at 3.90%. Foreign investors bought about 97.3 billion pesos of Mexican government debt over the last five weeks, led by long-term M bonds.
A stronger peso lowers the peso cost of imported feed ingredients such as corn and soybean meal for Mexican buyers, while sustained foreign inflows keep local currency firm. Dollar-priced commodities may see less import-cost pressure from Mexico as a result.
themazatlanpost.comMexico Daily PostJan 30, 2019Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 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.
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.
