{"id":677,"date":"2025-05-04T21:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T21:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/poderemercado.com.br\/?p=677"},"modified":"2025-05-03T14:58:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T14:58:03","slug":"enquanto-o-dolar-manda-o-real-obedece-o-problema-e-a-moeda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poderemercado.com.br\/en\/enquanto-o-dolar-manda-o-real-obedece-o-problema-e-a-moeda\/","title":{"rendered":"While the dollar rules, the real obeys: the problem is the currency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>You don&#039;t pay a lot because it&#039;s imported \u2014 you pay a lot because the real is worth little.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this post, we go beyond the surface: it\u2019s not the price of goods that are rising \u2014 it\u2019s the value of your money that\u2019s falling. In January, the real was the second best currency in the world; but in the last 12 months, it has fallen to the second worst position among global currencies. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infomoney.com.br\/mercados\/real-e-a-2a-melhor-moeda-em-janeiro-mas-a-2a-pior-do-mundo-em-12-meses-veja-ranking\/\">source: InfoMoney<\/a>. In 2025, it already leads the ranking of devaluation against the dollar, according to a survey by Gazeta <a href=\"https:\/\/www.agazetta.com.br\/noticia\/real-lidera-ranking-de-desvalorizacao-frente-ao-dolar-em-2025-entenda-as-causas\">source: The Gazette<\/a>. it&#039;s not the price of goods that is rising \u2014 it&#039;s the value of your money that is falling. Understand how the systematic destruction of the Brazilian currency turns any basic or leisure item into a luxury item, and why this crisis is not technical, but political.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The \u201chigh price\u201d illusion<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As we have shown in other articles \u2014 <em>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/poderemercado.com.br\/en\/deu-a-logica-microsoft-aumenta-precos-e-confirma-o-que-ja-dissemos\/\">Microsoft raises prices and confirms what we already said<\/a>\u201d<\/em> and <em>\u201cGame Over in Economic Freedom: The Politics of Delay Has Arrived in the Gaming Sector\u201d<\/em> \u2014, the problem of the increase in price is not in the product itself, but in the policy that erodes the value of the currency<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>How many times have you heard that a product is \u201ctoo expensive because it is imported\u201d?<br>But stop and think: the product itself hasn&#039;t changed. What has changed is the currency with which you try to buy it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In recent years, the real has lost value continuously, even in periods of GDP growth or apparent stability. This is not a technical or external phenomenon. It is a <strong>political-economic project that undermines citizens&#039; purchasing power in the name of fiscal irresponsibility and state expansion<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Exchange rates are a mirror of politics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The dollar doesn&#039;t rule because it&#039;s strong. It rules because the real is weak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the real is weak because the Brazilian State \u2014 with different governments, parties and ideologies \u2014 uses inflation as a management tool.<br>We spend more than we earn. We go into debt without limit. And when the bill comes, we print money \u2014 or artificially expand credit.<br>The result? <strong>Systematic devaluation of the currency, loss of confidence and silent erosion of the population&#039;s purchasing power.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The price in everyday life<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The average Brazilian doesn\u2019t need graphs to understand the problem. He feels it in the grocery store, at the gas station, when paying his school bill \u2014 and now, in entertainment, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Items like a video game controller, which would cost around US$$ 50 in any country with a stable currency, can cost as much as R$$ 500 in Brazil. And that&#039;s with promotions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The problem, again, <strong>It&#039;s not the product. It&#039;s the currency.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Inflation as a State Policy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The state profits from inflation. Every time money loses value, the government&#039;s tax collection machine automatically grows: more nominal taxes, more indexed credit, more indirect control over the economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the citizen?<br>He is forced to work more, consume less, plan less \u2014 and is even accused of living \u201cabove his means.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the Central Bank pretends to be neutral, but acts as an accomplice. And the political class justifies everything with phrases like \u201cthe market is volatile\u201d or \u201cthe dollar is under pressure\u201d. But the truth is: <strong>The Brazilian is the one under pressure, crushed between the spending State and the rotten currency.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The high price of products is not caused by their foreign origin, but by the deliberate destruction of the value of the national currency. Inflation, far from being a miscalculation, has become a political tool \u2014 and the common citizen is the one who pays for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The problem is not the strong dollar. It is the weak real, eroded by irresponsible policies that treat the currency as a fiction useful to power. If we want affordable products, we need a strong currency. And this will only come with fiscal responsibility, respect for the market and clear limits on the power of the State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udce9 <strong>Do you want to understand why the real lost value and how this affects all areas of your life?<\/strong><br>Subscribe to the newsletter <strong>Economic Radar<\/strong> and receive clear and direct analyses of what really impoverishes Brazil.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brazilians don&#039;t pay dearly because the product is imported, but because their currency is worth less and less. This article shows how the systematic destruction of the real, driven by irresponsible fiscal policies and chronic inflation, turns consumption into a privilege. 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