THE dollar rose 0.38%, quoted at R$5.076, around 9:27 am this Monday (16), with the US currency favored by increased pessimism among investors after weak data from the economy of China reinforce fears of a sharp global economic slowdown.
In April, the same month in which the country implemented lockdowns in the most important regions for the Chinese economy, retail sales dropped 11.1%, while factory output dropped 2.9%.
A slowdown in the Chinese economy, the second largest in the world, tends to negatively impact the global economy, especially for large exporters to the country, such as Brazil, due to the reduction in demand for commodities .
In the previous week, the dollar fell by 0.31%, ending Friday (13) at R$ 5.057. already the Ibovespa accumulated a high of 1.7%, closing the week at 106,924.18 points.
global pessimism
The most recent instigator of global risk aversion was the interest rate hike in the US , announced by the Federal Reserve on Wednesday (4). Despite discarding hikes of 0.75 pp or a risk of recession, the municipality signaled at least two more hikes of 0.5 pp
Higher interest rates in the United States attract investments for the country’s fixed income due to its high security, but it harms stock exchanges around the world, including the North American ones.
Along with a series of interest rate hikes around the world, lockdowns in china to try to contain Covid-19, projections of a strong economic slowdown are increasing, hurting markets.
The growth of exports Chinese companies slowed to single digits, the weakest level in nearly two years, while imports barely changed in April, amplifying economic concerns.
effects in the real
Returning to R$ 5, the dollar reversed part of the gains that the real obtained in the first months of the year due to a combination of factors that influenced the flow of purchase and sale of the currency.
To the CNN Brasil Business experts associated this recent appreciation to two main factors: the prospect of higher interest rate hikes in the United States and fears regarding the lockdowns established in a number of economically relevant cities in China .
Higher US interest rates tend to attract investments to the country’s Treasury bond market, drawing capital from markets considered riskier than U.S the case of Brazil.
The measures to control the spread of the Covid-19 in China, which affect cities like Shanghai and Beijing, tend to reduce the world’s second-largest economy’s demand for commodities harming its main suppliers, including Brazil, and negatively influencing the prices of these products.
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