The Central Bank of Brazil has reduced the country’s basic interest rate by 0.50 percentage points to 13.25% annually, the first decrease in nearly three years since September 2020. The decision follows pressure from the progressive leader, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who, since taking his third term in office in January, has been urging […]
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