Some Economists Now Believe Brazil Is in a Recession

Brazil held interest rates unchanged for a second straight time this week but did ...

Brazil’s Key Interest Rate Might Drop to 9.5% Much Sooner than Expected

Brazil Central Bank’s weekly survey of financial institutions and market analysts, known as the ...

Brazil’s Timid Interest Rate Cut Doesn’t Please Industry or Workers

Brazil Central Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (Copom) surprised the market at the end of ...

Despite Progress Brazilian Workers Without Contract Are Still 12% of Total

In Brazil, the number of workers in the private sector shadow economy (sem carteira ...

Brazil Cuts Key Interest Rate by 1%. Workers Wanted 2 %

The Brazilian Central Bank (BC) reduced its benchmark SELIC interest rate a full point ...

Inflation Fear Leads Brazil Central Bank to Raise Interest Rates by Steep 0.75%

The central bank of Brazil raised interest rates by 0.75% to 13% on Wednesday, ...

Brazil Puts a Brake on Interest Cuts. Key Rate Left at High 11.25%

Putting an end to a monetary policy distention which begun over two years ago, ...

Brazil's real has been strong vis à vis the dollar

Key Interest Rate Cut in Brazil Leads to Higher GDP Forecast

Brazil's Central Bank on Wednesday, June 6,  shaved 50 points of the Selic reference ...

Brazil Cuts Key Interest to Record Low, But It’s Still World’s Highest

For the ninth time in a row in a process that started last September, ...

Brazil’s Key Interest Rate Drops 0.50%. Still High at 15.75%.

Brazil’s Monetary Policy Committee (Copom) announced yesterday, May 31, that it had unanimously decided ...