Brazil Analysts Raise 2026 Key Rate Forecasts on Price Pressures

Brazil's Market Just Repriced the Easing Cycle: Ten Straight Weeks

Key Facts —The Focus print: Brazil’s central bank Focus survey, published Monday May 18, raised the 2026 IPCA forecast from 4.91% to 4.92%, the tenth consecutive weekly increase. The number now sits above the 4.5% tolerance ceiling. —Selic repriced: Year-end 2026 Selic projection jumped from 13.00% to 13.25%, the first move after three weeks of […] The post Brazil’s Market Just Repriced the Easing Cycle: Ten Straight Weeks appeared first on The …

Brazil Analysts Raise 2026 Key Rate Forecasts on Price Pressures

(Bloomberg) — Brazil economists raised their key rate forecast for the end of this year while also boosting their 2026 inflation estimates for the 10th straight week as domestic demand and the Iran war drive price pressures.

Brazil's financial market raises 2026 interest rate forecast to 13.25 pct

BRASILIA, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's financial market raised its forecast for the benchmark Selic interest rate to 13.25 percent for 2026, up from 13 percent previously, while maintaining its forecast for 2027 at 11.25 percent, the Central Bank of Brazil said Monday. According to the bank's weekly Focus survey of analysts at the country's leading financial institutions, the upward adjustment in the projected in