
Brazil's central bank increased dollar sales to support the real, which weakened past 5.00 per dollar for the first time. The bank also pledged measures to ease strains in the bond market.
Intervention limits the real's fall but cannot fully offset global risk-off flows, so Brazilian export prices in dollar terms stay soft. This keeps pressure on Brazilian soy and corn prices.
Após 301 eventos altista de macro passados, Real brasileiro (BRL por USD) subiu em mediana +0,4% em 5 sessões (57% de alta; metade central de -1,2% a +1,7%), e +1,0% em 20.
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On March 12 the real broke past 5.00 per dollar for the first time despite stepped-up dollar sales, which started the weakening within the 5-day window.
The real weakened past 5.00 per dollar despite increased central bank dollar sales, showing selling pressure outweighed intervention, with bond-market strains adding to stress.
The real broke past 5.00 per dollar on March 12 despite increased central bank dollar sales, showing the depreciation momentum and weak intervention efficacy that preceded the March 16 jump.