# Dollar closes at R$5.65, its highest level of the year

> The US dollar closed Friday at R$5.65 for buying, up 0.07%, matching Thursday's close as the highest of the year and the strongest since June 2025. Investors were cautious after the Senate approved the core text of the government's fiscal adjustment bill, which markets judged insufficient to balance public accounts.

- Date: 2026-11-13 · published 2026-11-14T00:10:40.266Z
- Category: macro · region Brazil · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/98586-dollar-closes-at-r-5-65-its-highest-level-of-the-year
- Commodities: [Brazilian Real (BRL per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDBRL.md)

## Why it matters

A stronger dollar against the real raises the local cost of USD-priced feed ingredients and imports, while making Brazilian soybean meal, corn and other exports cheaper for foreign buyers, which supports export demand.

## Read by commodity

- USDBRL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USDBRL | 2025-12-01 | [Dollar closes higher against the real, bucking the trend abroad \| Brasil 247](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8062-dollar-closes-higher-against-the-real-bucking-the-trend-abroad-brasil-247.md) | +1.3% | +4.5% |
| 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 | 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 | 2024-08-30 | [Spot dollar closes higher for the 5th session despite interventions by the Central Bank \| Brasil 247](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29018-spot-dollar-closes-higher-for-the-5th-session-despite-interventions-by-the.md) | -0.8% | -3.6% |
| USDBRL | 2024-11-29 | [What is happening to BRL as the Brazilian Real collapses against the US Dollar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27617-what-is-happening-to-brl-as-the-brazilian-real-collapses-against-the-us-dollar.md) | +1.7% | +5.6% |

## Sources

- band.com.br: https://www.band.com.br/economia/dolar-fecha-a-r-565-no-maior-patamar-do-ano

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