At the close, at 5:32 pm (Brasília time), this Thursday (29th), the commercial dollar fell 0.41% and was traded at R$ 5.3380. The Ptax fell 0.64%, to R$ 5.3662. The increase in market risk appetite put pressure on the day after news that the United States economy grew 6.4% in the first quarter of 2021, raising expectations for coronavirus control and global economic recovery soon. In addition, yesterday (28), the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) of the Federal Reserve (FED) kept the basic US interest rate unchanged between 0% and 0.25% and reiterated that the country has strong financial recovery. Internally, the vaccination of COVID-19 is advancing slowly and Brazil today surpassed the mark of 400 thousand deaths from the disease in just over a year since the beginning of the pandemic in the country. Despite fears for the installation of the coronavirus parliamentary commission of inquiry (CPI). Next week, the former ministers of health, Luiz Henrique Mandetta, Nelson Teich, Eduardo Pazuello and the current ministry leader, Marcelo Queiroga, will provide testimonies
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