Brazilian real

E45260

currency fiat currency

The Brazilian real is the official currency of Brazil, introduced in 1994 as part of an economic stabilization plan and later subjected to significant devaluation during the 1999 currency crisis.

Aliases (1)

Brazilian Real futures ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	currency → fiat currency →
banknoteIssuer	Casa da Moeda do Brasil →
centralBank	Central Bank of Brazil →
coinIssuer	Casa da Moeda do Brasil →
country	Brazil →
currencySignPlacement	before amount →
currentBanknoteDenomination	10 reais → 100 reais → 2 reais → 20 reais → 200 reais → 5 reais → 50 reais →
currentCoinDenomination	1 centavo → 1 real → 10 centavos → 25 centavos → 5 centavos → 50 centavos →
decimalMark	, →
exchangeRateRegimeChange	1999 float of the real →
experiencedEvent	1999 Brazilian currency crisis →
firstSeriesBanknotesIntroduced	1994 →
firstSeriesBanknotesTheme	Brazilian personalities →
initialExchangeRatePolicy	crawling peg to the US dollar →
introduced	1994 →
introducedAsPartOf	Plano Real →
ISO4217Code	BRL →
ISONumericCode	986 →
issuingAuthority	Central Bank of Brazil →
languageOfName	Portuguese →
legalTenderIn	Brazil → Brazilian federal districts → Fernando de Noronha →
officialCurrencyOf	Brazil →
partOf	Brazilian economy →
pluralForm	reais →
replacedCurrency	CR$ → cruzeiro real →
secondSeriesBanknotesIntroduced	2010 →
secondSeriesBanknotesTheme	Brazilian fauna →
subunit	centavo →
subunitToUnit	100 centavos →
symbol	R$ →
thousandsSeparator	. →
underwent	significant devaluation in 1999 →
usedIn	Brazilian financial system →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Central Bank of Brazil →	currencyIssued
2016 Summer Olympics →	currencyOfBudget
CME FX futures ("Brazilian Real futures") →	hasContract
Brazilian currency crisis of 1999 →	mainSubject
B3 – Brasil Bolsa Balcão →	settlesInCurrency