# Dollar Ends Week at Its Highest Level of the Year, at R$5.51

> The US dollar rose 0.42% on Friday to close at R$5.511, its highest closing level of 2026. US data showing 165,000 jobs added in October and unemployment falling to 4.1% supported expectations that the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates elevated, while Brazilian fiscal uncertainty also weighed on the real.

- Date: 2026-11-06 · published 2026-11-07T00:10:56.528Z
- Category: macro · region Brazil · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/85048-dollar-ends-week-at-its-highest-level-of-the-year-at-r-5-51
- 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 weaker real can improve the price competitiveness of Brazilian exports but increase the local-currency cost of imported feed and other inputs.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: bullish ▲
- USDBRL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USDBRL | 2022-06-28 | [US Dollar has upside through the end of this year and into the early parts of 2023 – Wells Fargo — Octa](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41146-us-dollar-has-upside-through-the-end-of-this-year-and-into-the-early-parts-of.md) | +3.5% | +3.1% |
| USDBRL | 2024-12-18 | [Dollar index hits two-year high after Fed delivers rate cut](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26849-dollar-index-hits-two-year-high-after-fed-delivers-rate-cut.md) | +1.3% | -1.1% |
| USDBRL | 2018-07-30 | [Dollar kicks off the week with a 0.33% hike - ANBA News Agency](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64231-dollar-kicks-off-the-week-with-a-0-33-hike-anba-news-agency.md) | -0.0% | +10.3% |
| USDBRL | 2022-04-28 | [Global shares rise as earnings boost, U.S. dollar hits 20-year high](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42072-global-shares-rise-as-earnings-boost-u-s-dollar-hits-20-year-high.md) | -0.2% | -3.1% |
| USDBRL | 2024-09-23 | [Dollar rises more than 1% at the start of a week marked by inflation data in Brazil and the US \| Brasil 247](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28517-dollar-rises-more-than-1-at-the-start-of-a-week-marked-by-inflation-data-in.md) | -1.1% | +3.9% |
| DXY | 2025-01-13 | [The US dollar is at its highest level in two years.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26839-the-us-dollar-is-at-its-highest-level-in-two-years.md) | -0.3% | -0.9% |
| DXY | 2022-04-28 | [Dollar index hits highest level since 2002](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42070-dollar-index-hits-highest-level-since-2002.md) | +0.1% | -0.4% |
| DXY | 2025-02-28 | [USD/VND exchange rate reaches highest level in the past 5 years](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26385-usd-vnd-exchange-rate-reaches-highest-level-in-the-past-5-years.md) | -1.5% | -1.3% |

## Sources

- targetw.com: https://targetw.com/noticia/economia/dolar-encerra-semana-no-maior-valor-do-ano-cotado-a-r-5-51/

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