Tag: Real currency

• Saturday, October 31st 2020 - 07:51 UTC

  Brazil's central bank intervenes twice in the week in support of the weakening Real

  

  Brazil's central bank intervened in the foreign exchange market on Friday, selling dollars to ease heavy downward pressure on the real that had pushed the local currency closer to its all-time low against the dollar struck earlier this year.

• Friday, August 16th 2019 - 12:55 UTC

  Brazil's central bank will sell dollars in the spot currency market; first time in a decade

  

  Brazil’s central bank announced it would sell dollars outright in the spot currency market this month for the first time in over a decade, changing its regular market operations in response to rising demand for liquidity.

• Thursday, July 4th 2019 - 08:02 UTC

  Brazil's currency Real turned 25 this month, a true feat for a country whipped for decades with inflation

  

  Brazil’s Real turned 25 years on Monday, July first. It’s already the longest circulating currency in the contemporary history of Brazil, having achieved this feat without fanfare in 2018 when it surpassed the cruzeiro.

• Friday, September 21st 2018 - 08:42 UTC

  Brazil stocks lower but the Real currency recovered against the US dollar

  

  Brazil stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the real estate, industrial and financial sectors sectors led shares lower. At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa index lost 0.01%.

• Friday, August 10th 2018 - 06:51 UTC

  Brazil and Argentina markets hit by domestic and overseas uncertainties

  

  Major Latin American currencies fell against the dollar on Thursday as global trade tensions strengthened the greenback and political uncertainty in Brazil and Argentina. Latin America's largest economy heads into a presidential election in two months time and in Argentina a major corruption scandal is unfolding.

• Tuesday, January 31st 2017 - 21:03 UTC

  Brazilian government is “meeting its budget deficit”, says minister Meirelles

  

  Brazil's central government registered a primary budget deficit of 154.255 billion reais (US$49.40 billion) in 2016, meeting its target but recording a third consecutive annual deficit that reflects the dire state of the country's finances. In December, the country posted a primary deficit of 60.124 billion reais (US$19.25 billion).

• Monday, August 15th 2016 - 07:19 UTC

  Brazil concerned about the 25% surge of the Real against the US dollar

  

  The Brazilian Real weakened further on Friday after interim President Michel Temer showed concern over currency strength, while stocks edged lower following a heavy batch of quarterly results including state controlled oil company Petrobras.

• Tuesday, May 10th 2016 - 06:56 UTC

  Brazil's political adrift situation shocks markets but is a plum day for speculators

  

  Brazilian markets weakened on Monday after the acting lower house speaker in Brazil's Congress annulled an impeachment vote, though losses were pared as investors bet the move would delay rather than prevent leftist President Dilma Rousseff's removal from office.

• Friday, March 18th 2016 - 03:12 UTC

  Brazilian markets surge on prospects Rousseff will be removed

  

  Brazilian share prices surged on Thursday to close 6.6% higher, a seven-year record, after fresh setbacks to populist President Dilma Rousseff raised the prospect of her being driven from power.

• Friday, November 6th 2015 - 09:26 UTC

  Brazil central bank moves 4.5% inflation target timeframe to 2017

  

  The Brazilian central bank will take the necessary measures to bring inflation back to the 4.5% target in 2017, bank director Altamir Lopes, said on Thursday. It is the first time the bank has given a timeframe for reaching the center of its official target range after it dropped its outlook to meet this goal late 2016 due to a weaker Brazilian currency.