Brazil Real Effective Exchange Rate

## What this measures

The value of Brazil's currency against a broad basket of trading partners, weighted by trade and adjusted for differences in inflation. Index, 2020 = 100.

## Why it matters

It measures competitiveness: a rising index makes exports dearer and imports cheaper.

## How to read it

Higher means a stronger currency in real terms. It read 116.5 in August 2026, up from 110.4 a year earlier; its high was 183.3 in July 2011 and its low 70.1 in October 2002.

## What it does not say

It is not the rate against the dollar, and an index level has no "right" value on its own.

## Source

Bank for International Settlements, Effective exchange rates, real, broad basket, series `WS_EER/M.R.B.BR` (stats.bis.org). Palanor reads the full series every day. Source: BIS. Used under the BIS terms for statistics: reuse is unrestricted with the BIS cited as the source, and the statistics carry no additional charge in Palanor.