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Argentina's peso firmed slightly on Friday after the central bank auctioned $250 million in dollar reserves and the IMF voiced strong support for President Macri's government. Protests over budget cuts and inflation above 30 percent continued, and S&P revised its outlook on Argentina to negative.
Argentina is a major soymeal and corn exporter, so currency instability and austerity can shift farmer selling pace and export offers, adding volatility to South American meal and grain pricing.
zeebiz.comReutersAug 31, 2018Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 73 past neutral macro events, Soybean Meal moved a median -0.3% over 5 sessions (44% higher; middle half -1.9% to +2.1%), and -1.6% 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.
