Brazil’s Central Bank has just thrown a curveball by nudging its benchmark interest rate, the Selic, to an anticipated 10.25% for 2024. Initially, it seems a modest hike from 10%, yet it’s actually a signal of a 0.25 percentage point drop from today’s numbers. Such tweaks might seem minute, but they ripple across the economy, […]
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