As the sun rises over Brazil this Wednesday, the nation’s financial community anxiously awaits the Central Bank’s announcement. The Committee for Monetary Policy (Copom) is set to reveal the new basic interest rate, the Selic. Amid a bustling stock market’s closing hours, there is talk of a modest 0.25 percentage point cut, signaling a cautious […]
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