Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva reaffirmed his commitment to fiscal responsibility and said he wants to help bring down high interest rates. Investors have been concerned about public finances and debt, and his earlier election victory weakened the real and pushed up long-term rates.
Fiscal credibility and interest-rate expectations can affect Brazil’s currency and financing conditions, but the pledge did not include new measures that would directly change agricultural supply or demand.
After 621 past macro events, Brazilian Real (BRL per USD) moved a median +0.2% over 5 sessions (53% higher; middle half -1.3% to +1.4%), and +0.6% over 20.
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