# Bid on Brazil’s Bolsonaro | articles | ING THINK

> Jair Bolsonaro was elected Brazil's president, and the real has rallied nearly 14% from its mid-September low to new highs. ING's Brazil economist expects the currency to stay supported for a few months, with USD/BRL possibly reaching 3.50, while noting reforms face a difficult passage through Congress. The bank also highlights the dollar's continued strength on short-term investor positioning.

- Date: 2018-10-29 · published 2018-10-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Brazil · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62739-bid-on-brazil-s-bolsonaro-articles-ing-think
- Commodities: [Brazilian Real (BRL per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDBRL.md), [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md)

## Why it matters

Currency moves in Brazil affect the competitiveness of Brazilian soy, corn and meal exports, and a firmer real can marginally lift dollar-denominated export prices for those products.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: bullish ▲
- USDBRL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USDBRL | 2018-10-08 | [Brazil's real, stocks rally on Bolsonaro win](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7665-brazil-s-real-stocks-rally-on-bolsonaro-win.md) | -4.1% | -4.3% |
| USDBRL | 2023-09-11 | [Latam FX Talking: Large easing cycles in Brazil and Chile \| articles \| ING THINK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34324-latam-fx-talking-large-easing-cycles-in-brazil-and-chile-articles-ing-think.md) | -2.2% | +3.6% |
| USDBRL | 2019-11-27 | [FX Daily: Brazil intervenes to prop up real but is it enough? \| articles \| ING THINK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56275-fx-daily-brazil-intervenes-to-prop-up-real-but-is-it-enough-articles-ing-think.md) | -1.7% | -4.7% |
| USDBRL | 2019-12-05 | [USD: A different kind of decline \| articles \| ING THINK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55761-usd-a-different-kind-of-decline-articles-ing-think.md) | -1.7% | -3.6% |
| USDBRL | 2022-12-13 | [Latam FX: Fiscal fundamentals \| articles \| ING THINK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38430-latam-fx-fiscal-fundamentals-articles-ing-think.md) | -0.5% | -2.6% |
| DXY | 2022-12-16 | [FX Daily: ECB slams brakes on growth and the euro \| articles \| ING THINK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38436-fx-daily-ecb-slams-brakes-on-growth-and-the-euro-articles-ing-think.md) | -0.3% | -2.7% |
| DXY | 2024-04-17 | [FX Daily: The big unwinding \| articles \| ING THINK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30940-fx-daily-the-big-unwinding-articles-ing-think.md) | -0.3% | -1.0% |
| DXY | 2020-03-13 | [FX daily: Dislocation, dislocation, dislocation \| articles \| ING THINK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6276-fx-daily-dislocation-dislocation-dislocation-articles-ing-think.md) | +3.8% | +1.6% |

## Sources

- think.ing.com: https://think.ing.com/articles/bid-on-brazils-bolsonaro/

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