Jan 18 (Reuters) – Most Latin American currencies strengthened towards the greenback on Wednesday after U.S. knowledge provided recent indicators of moderation in inflation and a weakening economic system, elevating expectations that the Federal Reserve will gradual its tempo of rate of interest hikes. Brazil’s actual rose 0.4% to five.08 per greenback, having hit a two-month excessive of 5.06 earlier. The pesos of oil producer Colombia and copper-rich Chile strengthened as commodity costs rallied. Broadly, rising market currencies firmed because the greenback took a success after knowledge confirmed U.S. producer costs fell greater than anticipated in December and retail gross sales dropped as a consequence of a decline in motorcar purchases and a spread of different items. The information fueled bets the Fed might not have tighten financial coverage as aggressively this yr. “This type of fast deterioration suggests the Fed’s hawkish coverage is absolutely taking impact. Mixed with softer CPI and different indicators of slowing inflation, the necessity for extra charge hikes is more and more in query,” stated David Russell, vp of market intelligence at TradeStation Group. An index of Latin American shares rallied 1.5% to an hit an over two-month excessive as Wall Road’s important indexes opened larger following the info. Brazil’s Bovespa added 1.3%, with state-owned miner Vale among the many prime boosts as iron ore costs rose. In the meantime, Argentina will purchase again overseas bonds equal to over $1 billion to enhance the South American nation’s debt profile, economic system minister Sergio Massa stated, seeking to ship a constructive sign to markets regardless of low reserves ranges. The 2030 bond jumped 7.1% to 35.69 cents on the greenback at 11:15 a.m., a dealer advised Reuters. Elsewhere, President Tayyip Erdogan signaled that Turkey would maintain elections on Could 14, a month sooner than he had beforehand flagged, setting the clock ticking on maybe probably the most consequential vote within the century-long historical past of the republic. Polls present the parliamentary and presidential elections shall be tight. The Turkish lira was buying and selling largely unchanged at 18.79 per greenback, not far beneath its all-time low of 18.84. Key Latin American inventory indexes and currencies: Newest Every day % change MSCI Rising Markets 1032.50 0.5 MSCI LatAm 2318.71 1.45 Brazil Bovespa 112908.41 1.32 Mexico IPC 53445.32 0.6 Chile IPSA 5198.51 0.43 Argentina MerVal 254499.99 -2.397 Colombia COLCAP 1343.95 0.76 Currencies Newest Every day % change Brazil actual 5.0833 0.41 Mexico peso 18.6763 -0.14 Chile peso 809.9 0.56 Colombia peso 4689.45 0.76 Peru sol 3.8211 -0.14 Argentina peso (interbank) 182.7900 -0.16 (Reporting by Sruthi Shankar in Bengaluru; Modifying by Vin Shahrestani)