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The Los Angeles Times reports the Brazilian real has fallen more than 9% against the dollar since the US election, and discusses how Trump's planned tax cuts and infrastructure spending could affect South American currencies. The piece is a general analysis of currency markets.
Currency weakness in Brazil lowers the dollar cost of Brazilian soy and corn exports, while a stronger dollar tends to pressure dollar-denominated commodity prices. The effect is an outlook rather than a new event.
latimes.comVincent BevinsDec 5, 2016After 301 past bullish macro events, Brazilian Real (BRL per USD) 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, US Dollar (Broad) 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.
