BRASILIA, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Brazil's central bank on Wednesday ended a run of interest rates cuts that began in March and kept borrowing costs on hold as it faced the prospect of higher inflation following President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva...
The Central Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (Copom) decided on Wednesday (4) to maintain the basic interest rate, Selic, at 13.75% per year. The decision interrupts a sequence of five consecutive cuts of 0.25 percentage point, started in March, when the rate was at 15%. The meeting was the first of the college since [...]