This is the current AUD-BRL mid-market exchange rate. The Total Cost of buying foreign currency in the above table is calculated as the sum of all fees and the exchange rate margin, which is the difference between the provider's exchange rate and the mid-market AUD-BRL exchange rate.
Whenever you are researching a particular exchange rate you are actually interested in two currencies as the value of a currency must always be quoted relative to a second currency.
So it follows that if you are determining the best time to transact, in this case the AUD vs BRL, you should pay attention to both Australian Dollar and Brazilian Real news and forecasts.
Following a flash crash in early January, which saw the Australian dollar briefly trade at a 10-year low of $0.674, the Aussie recovered to $0.73, but then, as it had done before the flash crash, it commenced with a slow and steady decline, and it was back at $0.705 in mid-March and was predicted to fall further.
In February, HSBC predicted a year-end AUD/USD rate of $0.66. In March, Westpac and JP Morgan were slightly more upbeat and argued for $0.68.
Fuelling lower exchange rate forecasts is the Australian economic story, for which major themes include a housing market slump, Chinese growth and the US-China trade spat. The RBA slashed growth forecasts in February and markets are now pricing in 1-2 interest rate cuts this year.
Another Aussie exchange rate worth mentioning is AUD/GBP, which sank in mid-March to its lowest level in nearly 3 years, at just £0.53. The Australian dollar has been unable to compete with the pound of late, since the latter benefits every time the British government fails to make a decision on how to deliver Brexit (every time Brexit appears less likely or to be delayed).
18-January-19: 2018 was a disappointing year for the Brazilian real: it lost 15 percent of its value against the US dollar, lost more than 10 percent against the euro, and lost more than 5 percent against the Australian dollar. The real has, though, had a reasonably good start to 2019, with year-to-date gains by mid-January worth 3-4 percent against many major currencies.
In the year ahead, the real is likely to be among the best performing emerging market currencies, a JP Morgan analyst said in January. Gains would be driven by significant economic reforms passed by Brazil’s new government, which include lower taxes and deregulation.
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