Tag: benchmark
Brazil Hikes Key Interest Rates to 12% in Attempt to Halt Over 6% Inflation
In a decision that surprised the market, which expecting a bigger hike, Brazil’s central ...
Brazil’s Industry and Labor Unions Decry 11.75% Key Interest Rate
In Brazil, the Central Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (Copom), for the second time this ...
Brazilian Central Bank’s Survey Offers Hint of Falling Interest Rates
Recent reductions in the annualized benchmark interest rate (Selic) have made Brazilian market analysts ...
Key Interest Rate in Brazil Falls 2.5%, But Bank Loan Interests Drop Mere 0.19%
Since August of last year, the interest rates charged by banks for loans to ...
Brazil’s New Key Interest Rate Shows Central Bank’s Arrogance, Says Industry Federation
In a note on the decision by the Monetary Policy Committee (COPOM) of Brazil’s ...
In Brazil, High Interests Are a Rich’s Best Friend
Brazil’s annualized benchmark interest rate of 19.75% – one of the highest in the ...
Low Inflation Leads Brazil to Hold Benchmark Interests at 19.75%
The nine members of the Brazilian Central Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (Copom) decided unanimously, ...
Brazil’s Benchmark Interest Rate Raised to 19.5%
The Monetary Policy Committee (Copom) of the Brazilian Central Bank (BC) resolved on Wednesday, ...
Inflation Fears Bring Market Down in Brazil
Brazilian stocks fell, yesterday, alongside lackluster trading in the U.S. Brazilian equities suffered as ...
Brazil Benchmark Rate Raised 0.25%
Brazil’s Central Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (Copom) announced, yesterday, its decision to raise the country’s basic ...
