The US dollar is high for the third consecutive day, it closed the trading session at the highest rate since the real was created in 1994. The dollar reached R$4.166 this Thursday (Jan. 21), up 1.47%. The previous record was established on September 23rd (R$4.146).
In a day of turmoil in the Chinese economy, US dollar began 2016 with a large increase, and São Paulo stock market (Bovespa) closed the trading session at the lowest value in almost seven years.
The price of commodities rose by 5.02% in October against the previous month. In the 12-month period ending in October, the Brazilian Commodities Index (IC-Br), measured monthly by the Central Bank (BC), went up 9.14%.
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