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MercoPress22h
Brazil's inflation reported to be above target in first semester of 2025
Inflation figures released last week in Brazil showed the country had pierced the target ceiling for the first time since the ...
Agência Brasil2d
Brazil’s June inflation overshoots new target framework
The official rate surpassed 4.5% for the sixth time in a row, thus breaching the new method adopted by the National Monetary ...
Brazil's inflation slowdown may prompt monetary policy review, says government official
The executive secretary of Brazil's Finance Ministry said on Tuesday that a slowdown in twelve-month inflation in May and ...
MercoPress1y
Brazil's yearly inflation projection adjusted slightly upwards
Brazil's Central Bank (BCB) Monday released the latest edition of its Focus Bulletin showing a slight upward adjustment in the Broad National Consumer Price Index (IPCA) from 3.96% to 3.98% this ...
Wall Street Journal2y
Brazil to Change Inflation Target Timing in 2025, Seeks to Help Control ...
Brazil’s 12-month IPCA headline inflation measure has declined, most recently to 3.94% in May. Photo: miguel schincariol/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images ...
Brazil central bank plans to hold rates steady even though inflation target not within reach
Brazil's central bank on Thursday said it was confident in its strategy to hold interest rates steady even as its updated projections showed it would not meet its 3% inflation target through 2027.
Barron's2y
Brazil Inflation Almost Halved In 2022 But Still Above Target
Brazil ended 2022 with inflation at close to six percent, a lower figure than the previous year but still above the government target, the official statistics institute said on Tuesday.
Wall Street Journal9y
Brazil Inflation Reaches Highest Level in 13 Years - WSJ
Consumer price inflation in Brazil increased last year to the highest rate in 13 years, underscoring one of the main challenges facing Latin America’s largest economy.
TheStreet.com17y
Inflation, Interest Rates and The Exchange Rate in Brazil
Inflation was accelerating severely in Brazil, but the exchange rate was kept fixed between 1947 and 1961 (and something similar happened after the Plano Real of 1994).
Washington Times3y
Brazil’s inflation hits double digits, punishing the poor
It's something Brazilians have rarely seen in a quarter century, and the last time they did, in 2016, it helped set up a president's downfall: Double-digit inflation.
White House defends tariffs on Brazil despite trade surplus
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett defended Donald Trump’s newly unveiled 50% tariff against Brazil on ABC News ...