# Dollar heads for biggest gain in 2 months with Microsoft and fiscal package in view

> The dollar traded slightly higher against the real on Friday as investors weighed the fiscal package, Brazilian and US activity data, and a Microsoft service outage that hit Outlook, Teams and Copilot. Spot dollar rose 0.21% to R$5.6624 by mid-morning.

- Date: 2026-11-13 · published 2026-11-13T15:11:04.164Z
- Category: macro · region Brazil · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/97999-dollar-heads-for-biggest-gain-in-2-months-with-microsoft-and-fiscal-package-in
- Commodities: [Brazilian Real (BRL per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDBRL.md)

## Why it matters

Currency moves against the real affect Brazil's cost of imported inputs and the export competitiveness of its soybean and corn products.

## Read by commodity

- USDBRL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USDBRL | 2025-03-21 | [Foreign bets against Brazilian real drop $35bn in three months](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25805-foreign-bets-against-brazilian-real-drop-35bn-in-three-months.md) | +1.1% | +2.8% |
| USDBRL | 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) | +0.3% | -3.2% |
| USDBRL | 2020-09-04 | [Brazil's real slips against firmer dollar, Wall St slide hits Latam stocks \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51311-brazil-s-real-slips-against-firmer-dollar-wall-st-slide-hits-latam-stocks.md) | -0.1% | +7.1% |
| USDBRL | 2024-10-31 | [Fiscal policy alignment offers relief, but U.S. data limits market gains](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28082-fiscal-policy-alignment-offers-relief-but-u-s-data-limits-market-gains.md) | -1.3% | +3.8% |
| USDBRL | 2020-06-16 | [Brazil: A monetary policy test for the BRL \| articles \| ING THINK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52814-brazil-a-monetary-policy-test-for-the-brl-articles-ing-think.md) | +0.3% | +4.2% |

## Sources

- forbes.com.br: https://forbes.com.br/forbes-money/2026/11/dolar-caminha-para-maior-alta-em-2-meses-com-microsoft-e-pacote-fiscal-no-radar/

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