Brazilian assets: Relatively unscathed amid coronavirus outbreak – Rabobank
|Analysts at Rabobank describe the previous week’s rise in safe-havens, due to global risk-off sentiment triggered by fears of an escalating coronavirus outbreak, while also saying that Brazilian assets went through relatively unscathed.
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"In the FX space, safe havens stood among the best performers as expected, with DXY and JPY increasing by 0.3% and 0.7%, respectively."
"In this context, the BRL moved in accord with its EM peers and depreciated c. 0.5%. The local equity index posted a flattish performance, which was sufficient to outperform the global average."
"This week, activity-related news continued to dominate the agenda. After the adjustment for seasonal effects, all sectors have posted a payroll expansion in December."
"The first confidence surveys for January painted a mixed picture."
"For the next week, the data-docket includes December balance of payments (Mon.), for which we project a current account deficit of USD 6.0 billion, with the trailing 12-month deficit flat at USD 51.0 billion (2.9% of GDP) - higher than the historical average of 2.1% of GDP (since 1995)."
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