The Central Bank has cut the Selic, Brazil’s key interest rate, to 13.25% annually after almost a year without changes. Despite this reduction, corporate loans are likely to continue to have interest rates around 20%. According to the monetary and credit statistics released by the authority for June 2023, the average interest rate for legal […]
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