The latest Brazilian central bank communications give a strong signal that, when Copom stops hiking interest rates, it will act in a similar way to the end of the last tightening cycle in 2015. The lesson from that period is that rates will be kept high for a long time and, when an easing cycle begins, it will start very slowly. As a result, we have pushed some of the interest rate cuts in our profile from 2023 to 2024. We now expect the Selic rate to end next year at 11.00% (our previous forecast was 8.50%) and are sticking to our end-24 forecast of 7.50% (versus a current Selic rate of 13.25%).
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