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Brazil’s swap rates fell as an April gauge of inflation was lower than economists forecast, spurring speculation that the central bank will limit increases in borrowing costs.
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Brazil’s central bank may have to step up the pace of interest rate increases to tame above-target inflation, its director for economic policy, Carlos Hamilton, said today. Swap rates rose.
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Brazil’s real fell from a one-month high as regulators postponed the initial public offering of Banco do Brasil SA’s insurance unit, diminishing the prospects for investment in the nation’s assets.
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Brazilian consumer prices rose less than economists forecast in March, while the annual rate exceeded the top of the central bank’s target range for the first time since November 2011. Swap rates fell.
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Brazil’s retail sales unexpectedly contracted in December, the first monthly drop since May, prompting traders to pare bets that the central bank will raise rates in the first half of this year.
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Brazilian inflation quickened more than expected through mid-September, boosting expectations that the central bank will raise interest rates in the first half of 2011. Yields rose.
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Brazilian swap rates fell for a sixth day as economists lowered their inflation forecast for the South American country next year.
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Yields on Brazilian interest-rate futures contracts dropped for a third day on speculation the European debt crisis will prompt policy makers to make deeper cuts to the benchmark rate at the two-day monetary policy meeting beginning today.
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Brazil’s central bank signaled it will keep borrowing costs at a record low this year as it tries to manage faster inflation amid a slower than expected recovery.
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Brazil’s central bank set reserve requirements on short dollar positions held by local banks in its third attempt since October to stem a rally in the currency. The real fell for a third consecutive day.
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