The price of the US dollar goes back to the Brazilian Real, consolidating within Tuesday’s operational range.
The USD/BRL reacted down from April 11 to 5,9148, where aggressive vendors attracted that dragged parity to a minimum of the day in 5,8535.
He USD/BRL currently operates about 5,8535, losing 0.56% on Wednesday.
The Brazilian real gains ground behind the economic data of the United States
- The United States retail sales registered an increase of 1.4% in March, improving 1.3% expected and 0.2% observed the previous month.
- On the other hand, the US industrial production decreased 0.3% in the same period, worsening the forecasts of 0.2% and the increase of 0.8% in February.
- The attention of investors will focus today on the statements of the president of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell. The market expects to grant clarity in the rate of type cuts in the midst of commercial uncertainty caused by Trump’s tariff rhetoric.
- In this scenario, the Brazilian real lies upwards, while andL USD/BRL loses 0.56% in the day, operating at 5,8535reacting down from April 11 to 5,9148, Anque keeping within the range of the previous session.
US dollar FAQS
The US dollar (USD) is the official currency of the United States of America, and the “de facto” currency of a significant number of other countries where it is in circulation along with local tickets. According to data from 2022, it is the most negotiated currency in the world, with more than 88% of all global currency change operations, which is equivalent to an average of 6.6 billion dollars in daily transactions. After World War II, the USD took over the pound sterling as a world reserve currency.
The most important individual factor that influences the value of the US dollar is monetary policy, which is determined by the Federal Reserve (FED). The Fed has two mandates: to achieve price stability (control inflation) and promote full employment. Its main tool to achieve these two objectives is to adjust interest rates. When prices rise too quickly and inflation exceeds the 2% objective set by the Fed, it rises the types, which favors the price of the dollar. When inflation falls below 2% or the unemployment rate is too high, the Fed can lower interest rates, which weighs on the dollar.
In extreme situations, the Federal Reserve can also print more dollars and promulgate quantitative flexibility (QE). The QE is the process by which the Fed substantially increases the flow of credit in a stuck financial system. It is an unconventional policy measure that is used when the credit has been exhausted because banks do not lend each other (for fear of the default of the counterparts). It is the last resort when it is unlikely that a simple decrease in interest rates will achieve the necessary result. It was the weapon chosen by the Fed to combat the contraction of the credit that occurred during the great financial crisis of 2008. It is that the Fed prints more dollars and uses them to buy bonds of the US government, mainly of financial institutions. Which usually leads to a weakening of the US dollar.
The quantitative hardening (QT) is the reverse process for which the Federal Reserve stops buying bonds from financial institutions and does not reinvote the capital of the wallet values ​​that overcome in new purchases. It is usually positive for the US dollar.
Source: Fx Street
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