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The Brazilian real fell nearly 4% on Friday, leading losses among major emerging-market currencies. The move followed comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell that a half-point rate hike would be on the table, and the dollar rose to a more than two-year high.
Expectations of aggressive US rate hikes strengthen the dollar and pressure emerging-market currencies, which raises the cost of Brazilian dollar-priced exports and can weigh on global feed commodity prices.
reuters.comShreyashi SanyalApr 22, 2022After 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.
After 2,356 past bullish macro events, DXY moved a median +0.2% over 5 sessions (60% higher; middle half -0.3% to +0.7%), and +0.4% 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.
Powell's signal of a 50bp hike lifted the dollar to a two-year high and drove a ~4% one-day BRL drop, the largest single contributor to the 5-day move (currency/sentiment).
The Friday 4/22 near-4% BRL drop on Powell's hawkish comments (50bp hike) and a two-year-high dollar set the stage and carried momentum into the Monday move, though it falls just before the window.
