Tag: interest rates

Market Analysts Keep Saying Brazil’s GDP Won’t Grow Over 3.5%

The Focus Bulletin, issued this Monday, February 20, by Brazil’s Central Bank (BC), indicates ...

Brazil Expecting Half-Percentage Cut in Key Interest Rate

The Brazilian Central Bank’s Monetary Policy Council (Copom) begins its first meeting of 2006 ...

Brazil to Lower Its Long-Term Interest Rates to 9%

Latin American stocks were mixed, with Brazilian shares slumping on profit taking following recent ...

Brazil Reduces Benchmark Interest Rate Again. Still 18.5%.

In a unanimous decision, Brazil’s Monetary Policy Committee (Copom) moved ahead on Wednesday, November ...

Brazil’s Interest Rates Are Still 6 Times Higher Than the US’s

The Brazilian Central Bank cut the benchmark Selic lending rate 25 points to 19.5% ...

Brazil Lowers Interests to 19.50%. Right Drug, Wrong Dosage, Say Critics

“Evaluating that the monetary policy elimination at this time does not jeopardize the achievements ...

News of Lula’s Waning Popularity Depresses Brazil Stocks

Latin American markets drifted lower for the most part, due to weakness in the ...

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 ...

Raising Interest Rates Is Not A Whim, Says Brazil’s Finance Minister

Brazil’s Finance Minister, Antonio Palocci, declared that rising interest rates is not “capricious” and ...

Good Political and Economic News in Brazil Helps Drag Market Up

Latin American markets were mixed, with Brazilian stocks edging up amid conflicting signals on ...