About 30% of analysts expect inflation in Brazil above target in 2023
Nearly 30% of economic analysts maintain projections for inflation above the 2023 target, set at 3.25%, as the year begins...
September 8, 2021Topic
Central Bank
Brazil’s inflation is Latin America’s 3rd highest, behind Argentina and Haiti
In the 12-month period through July, Brazil's inflation reached 9%, while Argentina's totaled 51.8% and Haiti's 17.9%. The data are...
September 8, 2021
Brazil’s Treasury: 2021 year-to-date deficit would be near zero without Covid-19 spending
The Federal Treasury Secretary announced the estimate when explaining the R$73.432 (US$14.2) billion negative result recorded from January through July...
August 31, 2021
Supreme Court upholds statute giving autonomy to Brazil’s Central Bank
Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday endorsed a law proposed by the government of Jair Bolsonaro that gave autonomy to the...
August 26, 2021
Peru posts US$981 million trade surplus in June
Exports in June totaled US$4.894 billion, up 68.2% year-on-year and 19.0% over June 2019, while imports totaled US$3.913 billion, up...
August 9, 2021
Chinese investments in Brazil plummet 74% in 2020 due to pandemic
The flow of Chinese investments to Brazil reached US$1.9 billion in 2020 compared to US$7.3 billion the year before. The...
August 5, 2021
Market projection for Brazil’s 2021 inflation nears 7% – Focus report
The market forecast for inflation this year has come closer to 7% in the Focus Report released on Monday by...
August 2, 2021
Unemployment in Chile drops below 10% for first time in over a year – INE
The figure is owed to the increase in the labor force (9.2%), lower than that of employed (12.6%), and to...
July 30, 2021
Uruguay’s economy expected to grow by 3.5% in 2021 – Central Bank
In its second-quarter monetary policy report, The Uruguayan Central bank forecasted a 3,5% expansion for the country's economy, the same...
July 29, 2021