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21 de junho de 2011Economists continued to
lower forecasts for Brazil’s inflation in 2011 but, over the
past two weeks, raised their outlook for next year, according
to a weekly central bank survey published on Monday.
They saw Brazil’s benchmark inflation index this year at
6.18 percent compared with 6.19 percent previously. This was
the seventh weekly drop in a row.
The forecast for the IPCA inflation index in 2012 however
edged to 5.18 percent from 5.13 percent in the previous
survey.
Inflation has become a delicate matter in Brazil as it
threatens to overshadow President Dilma Rousseff’s first year
in office and erode her clout in Congress as she tries to pass
macroeconomic reforms such as a tax code overhaul.
Through May, 12-month inflation in Brazil sped to 6.55
percent, above the central bank target range of 4.5 percent
plus or minus 2 percentage points.
The survey’s predictions represent the median forecast of
analysts polled by the central bank at about 100 financial
institutions.
The Selic interest rate should end the year at 12.50
percent, economists in the survey said, dipping to 12.25
percent in 2012.
Economists forecast growth of 3.96 percent this year in
Brazil, Latin America’s biggest economy, unchanged from the
previous survey. Brazil’s economy grew 7.5 percent last year,
the fastest in 24 years and one of the most robust rates among
major economies.
