At the close, at 5:31 pm (Brasília time) on Tuesday (23), the commercial dollar fell 0.07% and traded at R$ 5.5140. The Ptax fell 0.58%, to R$ 5.4951. The second session of the week was pressured by the technical movements of profit realization after recent gains and the Central Bank (BC) auction of 16 thousand traditional swap contracts with maturity in December 2021 and April 2022. The Monetary Policy Committee (Copom ) of the BC also signaled today in its minutes that it could raise the Selic rate by 0.75 point, to 3.5% per year, in May, in order to control inflation amid the coronavirus pandemic. Despite fears about the significant increase in the number of cases, deaths and hospitalizations due to the disease and the implementation of stricter social restrictions in Brazil and worldwide. EDF President Jerome Powell and United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen also today signaled a possible increase in taxes in the country to offset the $ 1.9 trillion pandemic aid package.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.