Dollar closes moderately lower on Thursday.

THE commercial dollar It closed this Thursday (28) with a moderate drop of 0.57%, quoted at R$ 5.0300, but with an accumulated appreciation of 0.10% so far this week. At its lowest point of the day, the exchange rate fell to R$ 5.0230At its peak, it rose to R$ 5.0740In this trading session, investors reacted to a series of economic indicators released in Brazil and the United States. Domestically, the… Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) reported that the Producer Price Index (PPI) It advanced 2.63% in April, after rising 2.28% in March. The indicator accumulates a 5.12% increase in the year — the third highest result for an April since the beginning of the historical series in 2014 — and a 1.07% increase in 12 months. IBGE It also reported that the unemployment rate stood at 5.8% in the quarter ending in April, up 0.4 percentage points from the previous quarter, but down 0.8 percentage points year-on-year. Still on the subject of the labor market, the Ministry of Labor and Employment It was reported that Brazil created 85,888 formal jobs in April, according to data. from the General Registry of Employed and Unemployed Workers (Caged)The result was the lowest for the month since 2020 and fell short of market expectations. Brazilian Institute of Economics of the Getulio Vargas Foundation reported that the General Market Price Index (IGP-M) It slowed to 0.84% in May, after rising 2.73% in April. In the US, the Department of Commerce reported that the personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index It rose 0.4% in April, while accumulated inflation over 12 months reached 3.8%, still above the Federal Reserve's 2% target. DOC It also reported annualized GDP growth of 1.6% for the US in the first quarter of 2026, below the expected 2.0%. Meanwhile, Department of Labor Brazil registered 215,000 new unemployment claims in the week ending May 23, exceeding market projections. In the geopolitical arena, markets followed news about a possible extension of the ceasefire between the US and Iran. According to information released by Reuters and Axios, the two countries have reached a memorandum of understanding to extend the truce for another 60 days, pending only final approval from President Donald Trump.

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.