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Brazil's central bank will hold its benchmark interest rate at a two-decade high of 15% on July 30, according to a unanimous ...
Brazil’s central bank is likely to keep its base Selic interest rate on hold at 15.% on July 30, keeping its tightest monetary stance in more than 20 years unchanged in the face of easing inflation ...
Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A drone view shows the central bank's headquarters in Brasilia, Brazil, December 26, 2024. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino/File Photo ...
Policymakers had identified trade shocks as a downside risk to inflation Central bank's communication raised concerns about dovish stance Clarifications are expected in the minutes of the policy ...
The central bank kicked off an aggressive tightening cycle in September, raising interest rates by 375 basis points to 14.25% in a bid to bring inflation back to its 3% target. Annual inflation ...
The Banco Central do Brasil (BCB), Brazil’s central bank, has recently announced a series of significant updates that confirm its commitment to fostering financial stability, transparency, and ...
The real has lost 17% of its value since early September after Brazil’s central bank took the markets by surprise and cut the Selic rate by 50 basis points. Despite inflation, at 7.34%, remaining much ...
On March 6, 2025, Brazil’s Central Bank, the Banco Central do Brasil, released a statement following the 259th meeting of its Monetary Policy Committee (Copom), announcing that the Selic rate ...
The bank’s monetary policy committee increased the benchmark rate by a full percentage point to 13.25%. ... Brazil’s central bank delivered another hefty interest-rate increase Wednesday, ...
The World Bank’s Double Dividend report outlines how Brazil can simultaneously stabilize its public debt and cut greenhouse ...
The Brazilian central bank has admitted the country was taken by surprise by lower commodity prices and had failed to prepare for the end of the commodity cycle. “A few months after April 2009, due to ...
Brazil's central bank will hold its benchmark interest rate at a two-decade high of 15% on July 30, according to a unanimous ...