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Bullock in 'full solidarity' with Powell

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026
... governor of the Bank of Canada; Chang Yong Rhee, governor of the Bank of Korea; Gabriel Galípolo, governor of the Banco Central do Brasil; François Villeroy de Galhau, chair of the board of directors of the Bank for International Settlements; and Pablo ...

Chief economist update: Erdogan's Turkey is cooked

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2018
... self-inflicted as in Argentina and Turkey's case. Just like Argentina two weeks before, Turkey is in the firing line. The Banco Central de la Republica Argentina (BCRA) raised interest rates by 675 basis points to a whopping 40% on May 4. This was ...

Chief economist update: Crying for Argentina

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
... year. This would take the fed funds rate from the current 1.75% to 2.25% (two hikes) or 2.75% (four hikes). The Banco Central de la Republica Argentina (BCRA) has lifted rates three times in just a day and a week. The Argentinian central bank hiked (spiked ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
... fall. Brazil inflation Still high inflation continues to douse hopes for increased policy accommodation from the Banco Central do Brasil to help turnaround the Brazil's economy that had been contracting since the March quarter of 2015. Latest data show ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
... from 9.0% in the December quarter of last year. Current political uncertainties and the absence of scope for the Banco Central do Brasil to lower interest rates suggest continued weakness in the Brazilian economy. The Brazilian central kept interest ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
... stronger real (the US$ now buys less only 3.68 reals, it was fetching 4.18 reals in September last year) - the best the Banco Central do Brazil could do was keep interest rates on hold because of high inflation. The central bank kept benchmark SELIC ...

The real problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... settings, with some already announcing a second easing... and we're not even passed the three-month mark. Not the Banco Central do Brasil... it's on a different racetrack altogether. The Banco Central do Brasil (BCB) must be seething with envy for much ...

Venezuelan market rally under question

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... 5.2% in the year to the third quarter of last year - Brazil by only 0.9% and Mexico by 3.3% in the same period. The Banco Central de Venezuela expects 2012 growth to come in at 5.5%. That may be. But whatever growth there is, is being eroded by inflation. ...

Brazilian CB might need to stop shaving

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... Over the same period, Russia expanded by 3.4%, India by 2.8% and China by 7.4% (7.9% in the December quarter). The Banco Central do Brazil estimates that the country grew by just 1.0% for all of last year - nearly a third of the 2.7% recorded in 2011 ...

More jobs, more jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... very same reasons behind yesterday's interest rate reductions by the central banks of Brazil and South Korea. The Banco Central do Brazil cut the Selic rate by 25bps to 7.5% -- the lowest since December 1997 - and promised to keep policy settings stable ...
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