The weaker-than-expected 0.3% m/m rise in Brazilian industrial production in May only partly reverses April’s 0.6% m/m decline and suggests that industry remained weak over the course of the second quarter. At the margin, this will strengthen the arguments of the more dovish members of Copom who are inclined to vote to lower interest rates at the next meeting in early August.
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