Brazil's finance ministry raised its forecast for economic growth this year, while projecting a slight slowdown in 2026 in face of the central bank's tight monetary policy, a report showed on Friday.

Despite external trade headwinds and tight domestic monetary conditions, Brazil's finance ministry has upgraded its 2025 economic outlook.

This revision comes after an earlier forecast in April, which estimated a growth of 2%. This update was released following the IMF’s 2025 Article IV visit to Brazil. Alongside the growth forecast, the ...

Private economists polled weekly by Brazil's central bank trimmed their 2026 inflation outlook for the first time in over two ...

The USD/BRL exchange rate remained in a tight range last week as market participants awaited the upcoming Federal Reserve and ...

Brazil central bank slashed their 2026 inflation projection for the first time in over two months, in what may be a positive ...

Having passed the midpoint of the year, several of our key economic predictions for 2025 are on track, including weaker US ...

Brazil's central bank will hold its benchmark interest rate at a two-decade high of 15% on July 30, according to a unanimous ...

Brazil's economic growth will stay on track despite the imposition of U.S. tariffs, according to a Reuters poll of economists ...

The ministry’s economic policy secretariat now expects Brazil’s gross domestic product to grow 2.5% in 2025, up from the 2.4% estimated in May. For 2026, the forecast was revised down to 2.4% ...

EUR/USD extends gains to near 1.1700 in the European session on Tuesday. The pair draws support from a broad US Dollar retreat as traders refrain from placing fresh bets on the Greenback ahead of the ...

SAO PAULO, May 28 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's industrial sector upgraded its economic growth forecast for 2025 to 2.4 percent, up from a previously projected 2 percent, the Federation of Industries of ...