This Friday, the U.S. dollar achieved a significant uptick against the Brazilian real, recording its strongest weekly appreciation in six months. Driven by US consumer inflation data, rise suggests tempered expectations for Fed monetary easing this semester. The dollar rose by 0.60% to 5.1213 reais, though it had earlier surged over 1% to reach 5.1496 […]
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