# Brazil real hit by surging dollar, focus shifts to earnings | Financial Post

> The Brazilian real weakened 1.4% against the dollar, which rose to 20-year highs on expectations of a 50-basis-point Fed rate hike. Brazilian and Latin American currencies fell broadly, with the Mexican, Chilean and Colombian pesos each dropping more than 1%.

- Date: 2022-04-28 · published 2022-04-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Brazil · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/6865-brazil-real-hit-by-surging-dollar-focus-shifts-to-earnings-financial-post
- Commodities: [Brazilian Real (BRL per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDBRL.md), [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md)

## Why it matters

A stronger dollar and a weaker Latin American currency bloc can lower the dollar-denominated prices of exported oilseeds and grains, which affects feed input costs.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: bullish ▲
- USDBRL: bullish ▲

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USDBRL | 2022-04-28 | 5 | +8.1% | 4.7 | On the final day BRL fell another 1.4% as the dollar hit 20-year highs on Fed hike expectations, extending the move through the window end. |

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USDBRL | 2020-11-11 | [Brazil's real, Mexican peso hit by tepid economic data \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50377-brazil-s-real-mexican-peso-hit-by-tepid-economic-data-financial-post.md) | -1.2% | -5.9% |
| USDBRL | 2021-10-28 | [Brazil's real drops as larger-than-expected rate hike fails to satisfy \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44779-brazil-s-real-drops-as-larger-than-expected-rate-hike-fails-to-satisfy.md) | +0.7% | +0.2% |
| USDBRL | 2021-01-29 | [Brazil's real lags Latam FX on a barrage of weak data \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49383-brazil-s-real-lags-latam-fx-on-a-barrage-of-weak-data-financial-post.md) | +0.5% | +3.2% |
| USDBRL | 2020-02-12 | [Brazilian real's new low vs dollar brings year-to-date loss to almost 8% By Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54781-brazilian-real-s-new-low-vs-dollar-brings-year-to-date-loss-to-almost-8-by.md) | +0.7% | +8.1% |
| USDBRL | 2020-07-23 | [Latam FX weakens, Brazil's real comes off one-month high \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52312-latam-fx-weakens-brazil-s-real-comes-off-one-month-high-financial-post.md) | +1.0% | +8.0% |
| DXY | 2020-11-11 | [Brazil's real, Mexican peso hit by tepid economic data \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50377-brazil-s-real-mexican-peso-hit-by-tepid-economic-data-financial-post.md) | -0.5% | -1.7% |
| DXY | 2022-04-27 | [Brazilian real, Chilean peso steady against raging dollar \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6862-brazilian-real-chilean-peso-steady-against-raging-dollar-financial-post.md) | +0.6% | -0.3% |
| DXY | 2020-09-17 | [Sterling slips after dollar rebound; focus on Bank of England \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51374-sterling-slips-after-dollar-rebound-focus-on-bank-of-england-financial-post.md) | +1.6% | +0.6% |

## Sources

- financialpost.com: https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/brazil-real-hit-by-surging-dollar-focus-shifts-to-earnings

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