The slowdown in the US economy reduced the pressures on the financial market. The dollar fell to the lowest level in almost 40 days and began to accumulate a drop in July. The stock market surpassed 102,000 points and closed at the highest level in a month and a half.
The commercial dollar closed this Thursday, July 28, at R$5.163, down R$0.088 (-1.67%). The price opened at a high but started to plummet after the opening of the North American market. During the afternoon, it fell even more, influenced by domestic news.
With today’s performance, the dollar, which rose in July, now accumulated a drop of 1.38% in the month. In 2022, the currency fell 7.41%.
The day was also marked by euphoria in the stock market. The Ibovespa index of the B3 closed at 102,597 points, up 1.14%. High for the second day in a row, the indicator is at its highest level since June 15.
The disclosure that the United States has entered into a technical recession in the international market, with the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) shrinking for the second consecutive quarter, relieved the market.
That is because investors think it is increasingly likely that the largest economy in the world will enter an official recession (with three consecutive quarters of decline), which will allow the Federal Reserve (Fed, the US Central Bank) to start lowering interest rates in 2023.
Higher rates in advanced economies stimulate capital flight from emerging countries like Brazil. In the domestic market, the primary surplus in June beyond expectations and the disclosure that Petrobras will distribute a record volume of dividends helped the Brazilian real.
With information from Reuters