The much stronger-than-expected Brazilian GDP figure for Q2, of 1.4% q/q, means that the economy now appears to be on course to expand by 3% over the year as a whole. The flip side is that it will heighten the central bank’s concerns about inflation and the probabilities have probably now tilted towards a 25bp hike in the Selic rate at the Copom meeting later this month.
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