The real opened 2026 on the right foot by recording the best performance against the dollar among the world’s main currencies this Friday (2), in the first session of 2026.
traded at R$5.4238 on sale.
The American currency fell in a movement to adjust positions, after a session of low liquidity in the markets due to the end of year festivities.
The performance, however, went against the appreciation of the US currency against a basket of strong pairs, measured by the DXY index.
In this vein, investors are waiting for a week full of global markets.
The recovery is driven by narrowing differences between U.S. interest rates and other economies and by lingering concerns about U.S. fiscal health, a global trade war and the Fed’s independence — risks that remain in play this year.
Next week’s series of data, capped by next Friday’s jobs report, is expected to offer clues about the possibility of the Fed cutting rates further, with markets already pricing in two reductions versus one projected by a divided central bank.
“It will be a time to make an in-depth assessment, we won’t have the Fed meeting until the end of the month, but there is no consensus,” said Juan Perez, director of negotiations at Monex USA.
“The last U.S. government shutdown was unprecedented and inconceivably long, so that really affected how data was obtained, interpreted, and could be actually measured or considered completely accurate.”
The performance goes against the global scenario, with the dollar gaining strength in relation to a basket of pairs measured by the DXY index.
