The further rise in Brazilian inflation to 5.2% y/y probably marks the peak in this mini-inflation cycle and the headline rate should fall back again in the coming months, allowing the central bank to keep cutting interest rates. But the increase in core services inflation supports our view that inflation will be slower to ease back than many think, limiting the scale of the monetary loosening cycle.
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