The Week Ahead for Latin American Markets: US Jobs, Brazil GDP
Latin American markets week ahead: US August payrolls, Brazil Q2 GDP, euro-area flash CPI, plus RBNZ and Bank of Canada...
August 30, 2026Section
Markets
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Bitcoin Falls 3% to US$77,838 After Fed Chair Warsh’s Speech
Bitcoin fell 3.01% to US$77,838 on Friday after Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's Jackson Hole speech, with about US$488 million of...
August 29, 2026
Fed Rate Hike Odds Jump After Warsh Speech, Brazil’s Real Slides
Kevin Warsh's hawkish Jackson Hole debut pushed Fed rate hike odds toward 59% for September, weakening Brazil's real and lifting...
August 29, 2026
Mexico Markets: IPC & the Peso — August 29, 2026
Mexico IPC: the index fell 0.53% to 65,484 points on Friday as GAP dropped 3.4% and the peso weakened past...
August 29, 2026
Brazil Markets: Ibovespa & the Real — August 29, 2026
Ibovespa rose 0.30% to 175,665 points on Friday, an eighth straight gain, as Petrobras climbed 2.0%; the real weakened 0.67%...
August 29, 2026
Latin America Steel Falls: SLX, Gerdau, CSN, Ternium Drop
Latin America steel: Gerdau fell 2.34%, CSN 3.77% and Ternium 1.77% on Friday as a hawkish Fed lifted the dollar;...
August 29, 2026
Soybeans, Corn, Wheat: Black Sea Risks Lift Grains
Grains: the WEAT wheat fund rose 2.65% on Friday on Black Sea supply risk, with soybeans up 1.64% and corn...
August 29, 2026
Argentina Markets Week: Wholesale Peso Crosses 1,500 as Stocks Rise
Argentina week: the wholesale peso closed at 1,512 per US dollar, the Merval rose 2.3% and reserves fell to US$49.791...
August 29, 2026
Zinc Slips as Peru-Brazil Miner Nexa Slides on Boliden Deal
Zinc: the metal eased 0.46% on Friday while Nexa fell 3.96%, as investors weighed Boliden's US$1.31 billion deal for Votorantim's...
August 29, 2026