At 9:15 am (Brasilia time) this Friday (26), the commercial dollar showed a slight decrease of 0.21%, quoted at R$ 5.1650, stable in the partial accumulated week. Yesterday (25), the exchange rate fell 0.42%, to R$ 5.1760. The DXY – an index that compares the strength of the dollar with the main global currencies – fell 0.23%. After a series of data released yesterday, such as the preliminary inflation figures in Brazil – which indicated new price increases in June – the market is now turning its attention to new employment sector figures. The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) recently announced that the unemployment rate was 5.6% in the quarter ending in May 2026, stable compared to the quarter from December 2025 to February 2026 (5.8%) and 0.6 percentage points lower compared to the moving quarter from March to May 2025 (6.2%). In the United States, after the robust Gross Domestic Product (GDP) result for the quarter released yesterday, today will be marked by the release of the University of Michigan's consumer confidence index and speeches by voting members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). Speaking today are Neel Kashkar, president of the Federal Reserve (Fed) of Minneapolis, and John Williams, chairman The New York Fed's decision could provide new signals about the future of US interest rates. Also on the radar is the resumption of flow in the Strait of Hormuz, as negotiations between the United States and Iran for a permanent ceasefire in the Middle East progress.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.