After 15 Weeks, Brazil’s Inflation Forecasts Finally Stop Rising
June 29 Focus survey: Brazil's 2026 inflation forecast paused at 5.33%—above the 4.5% target ceiling—for the first time in 15...
June 30, 2026Topic
Brazil Central Bank
A Brazilian Worker Is Now as Productive as in 1958
Brazil productivity has slid back to its 1958 level against the United States, and only agribusiness has bucked a four-decade...
June 23, 2026
Brazil Lifts the Cap on Tap-to-Pay Pix, Squeezing Card Networks
Brazil's central bank is removing the ~R$500 contactless Pix limit, giving banks until October to comply and tightening the squeeze...
June 20, 2026
Brazil Cuts Rates to 14.25% but Toughens Its Inflation Message
Brazil's central bank cut the Selic to 14.25% but raised its 2026 inflation forecast to 5.2% and dropped its promise...
June 18, 2026
Goldman Sachs applauds Brazil’s Central Bank for its economic efforts
In an interview with Valor Econômico, Alberto Ramos, Goldman Sachs' Director of Macroeconomic Research for Latin America, lauded the efforts...
August 1, 2023
Central bank estimates Brazilian inflation at 7.3% in 2022 -Copom minutes
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil's Central Bank (BC) estimates that inflation will be 7.3% at the end of 2022,...
May 10, 2022 Brazil’s central bank raises interest rate by 100 basis points for the second time in a row
Brazil's central bank raised its benchmark interest rate by a whole percentage point for the second straight day, extending one...
May 5, 2022
Brazil’s Central Bank raises base rates to 11.75% p.a.
Amid the impact of the war in Ukraine on the global economy, the Central Bank (CB) has further tightened its...
March 17, 2022
Brazil Central Bank reports data leak of 2,100 Pix keys
The Central Bank reported yet another data leak involving Pix keys, now linked to Logbank Soluções de Pagamentos. There were...
February 4, 2022