Central Bank Watch
Brazil’s Selic Interest Rate Hiked 50 Basis Points to 13.75%
August 3, 2022
The monetary policy committee at the Central Bank of Brazil, known as Copom, today implemented its twelfth interest rate hike since March 2021. After cutting the rate by 250 basis points during 2020, the rate level when normalization began was 2.0%. Seven increases during 2021 had totaled 725 basis points, and today’s move was the […] More
New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
Taking Stock of the Mixed Signals of Recent Developments
August 3, 2022
Investors breathed a sigh of relief that the Pelosi visit to Taiwan is over but continue to worry that adverse geopolitical repercussions will outweigh any symbolic benefits. In its present fragmented political conditions, America could do without the trio of elevated tensions with Russia, China, and the Middle East. Yesterday’s primary U.S. elections demonstrated the […] More
