Brazil Central Bank Not Done Hiking Rates

Brazil’s interest rates are going higher and here’s why: 8.13% inflation. The April meeting minutes from the Central Bank of Brazil’s monetary policy committee’s recent 50 bps hike came out on Thursday and it is more hawkish than the market hoped.

Brazil changes tack with new stimulus plan

Brazil's government is set to launch the first in a series of measures that could inject up to $50bn (£32bn) into the economy over the next five years.

Brazil Central Banker Says Economy In Recovery

Brazil’s weak economy will be flexing its muscles heading into the second half and likely grow at 4 percent in annualized terms, Brazil’s Central Bank president Alexandre Tombini told reporters in a conference call on Monday.

Brazil's Central Bank Sees Interest Rate Cycle Moving Lower-Report

SAO PAULO – Brazil's central bank believes the entire cycle of interest rates can be brought lower because of a unique combination of domestic and global effects, the head of the institution said in an interview published in Sunday's edition of the O Estado de S. Paulo newspaper.

Analysis: Nimble neighbors outshine Brazil on growth

MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - Swift growth by nimble Latin American countries like Chile, Colombia and Peru has put renewed focus on regional heavyweight Brazil, whose relatively closed, high-tax economy is now sputtering below its potential.

Brazil's Currency At 1.70 Will Always Mean Intervention

Anyone who follows Brazil closely should know by now that whenever the Brazilian real hits 1.70 to the dollar, alarm bells go off in the Finance Ministry.