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Brazil’s economic activity declined for a second straight month in June as the central bank’s aggressive interest rate hikes ...
As Brazil’s consumer price index IPCA—which is used to gauge the nation’s official inflation—stood at 0.24% in June, the sum of 5.35 percent over 12 months was the sixth consecutive rate ...
(Adds details, background) By Silvio Cascione BRASILIA, June 9 (Reuters) - Brazil's annual inflation rate tumbled more than expected in May to the lowest in 10 years, data showed on Friday ...
Brazil’s annual inflation ticked up further above target as US President Donald Trump rattled Latin America’s largest economy with plans to impose 50% tariffs on all its goods and services.
Brazilian consumers experienced price relief across various basket items and services: transports costs dropped 0.37% on cheaper airline fares, and household items fell 0.27%.
Inflation was accelerating severely in Brazil, but the exchange rate was kept fixed between 1947 and 1961 (and something similar happened after the Plano Real of 1994).