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Brazil's government approved spending cuts to meet its fiscal framework, according to a finance minister, after a sell-off in Brazilian assets over fiscal concerns. The real rose nearly 2% against the dollar on the news, after weakening about 13% year to date.
Credible spending cuts ease fears of fiscal slippage and support the real, which lowers the cost of dollar-priced Brazilian feed imports. A weaker real would otherwise raise the local cost of imported feed ingredients.
reuters.comJul 3, 2024After 13 past bearish policy events, Brazilian Real (BRL per USD) moved a median -3.4% over 5 sessions (15% higher; middle half -3.4% to -1.3%), and -1.9% 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.
Government approval of spending cuts to meet the fiscal framework eased fiscal concerns, triggering a sentiment-driven real rally of nearly 2% that contributed to the BRL per USD decline.
