On Friday, Brazil’s future interest rates dropped. This was after US Treasury yields fell. Disappointing US industrial reports suggested the Federal Reserve might reduce rates soon, perhaps in June. Brazil’s interfinancial deposit (DI) rates had already fallen significantly the day before. This occurred right after the US Commerce Department shared the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) […]
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