MONETARY POLICY Central Bank cuts key rate to 29% as peso depreciation slows 30-01-2025 23:43 Central Bank cuts benchmark interest rate by 300 basis points to 29%.
MONETARY POLICY Central Bank cuts interest rate for sixth time to 40% as inflation slows 14-05-2024 20:32 Argentina cut its benchmark interest rate Tuesday for a sixth time under President Javier Milei.
INTEREST RATES Central Bank cuts rates to 50% as Milei wrestles inflation down 02-05-2024 14:04 Central Bank cuts key interest rate for the third time in three weeks as officials bet on a sustained slowdown in consumer prices.
ECONOMIC INDICATORS Central Bank cuts interest rate to 70%, markets see inflation easing 12-04-2024 10:22 Argentina’s Central Bank cuts main interest rate to 70% from 80% – the third time since President Javier Milei took office.
ECONOMIC INDICATORS Brazil’s economic activity caps 2023 with better-than expected growth 19-02-2024 14:05 Brazil’s economy grew more than expected in December, indicating activity is still showing some resilience to high interest rates as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva readies higher government spending.
INTEREST RATES Central Bank hikes rate to 133% on inflation data 12-10-2023 23:39 Argentina’s Central Bank sharply raises key rate to 133%, sixth hike this year.
POLICYMAKERS MEET Central Bank to keep key interest rate unchanged despite surging inflation 14-09-2023 00:46 Central Bank board will likely keep its key interest rate unchanged because policymakers expect slowing price pressures later on in the year.
ECONOMIC INDICATORS Brazil inflation accelerated in August to 4.61% 12-09-2023 14:54 Brazil’s inflation rate rises for second straight month in the wake of trimming of rates by central bank, but food prices decrease.
Economy Brazil’s economic activity tumbles past all forecasts 17-07-2023 19:57 Brazil's economy shrank more than expected in May, but President Lula's government's reforms and anticipated rate cuts have raised investor optimism.