The statement accompanying Brazil’s central bank meeting, at which it raised the Selic rate by 75bp to 3.50%, was more hawkish than the previous one. While we doubt that the tightening cycle will go as far as most expect, the risks to our forecast for a further 125bp of hikes (to 4.75%) are skewed to the upside.
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