Brazil economists raised their forecasts for the benchmark interest rate and inflation at the end of next year as factors including a weak currency make consumer price pressures hard to tame.

Argentina's annual inflation rate fell to 117.8% in 2024, down nearly 94 points in the year since budget-slashing President Javier Milei took power, the national statistics agency said Tuesday.

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's annual inflation came in slightly below market forecasts in December but still ended 2024 above the upper limit of the central bank's target range, with policymakers ...

Argentina's central bank will slow the rate of the local peso's devaluation, it said on Tuesday, after new data showed annual ...

he also singled out Argentina and Brazil for “blocking” Mercosur agreements and insisted on the importance of achieving fiscal goals, low inflation, employment growth, educational ...

Argentina's annual inflation rate fell to 117.8 percent in 2024, marking a significant drop of 93.6 points compared to the record 211.4 percent inflation rate of 2023. The sharp decline signals a ...

"Online and Official Price Indexes: Measuring Argentina's Inflation." Journal of Monetary Economics 60 ... all goods sold by each of the largest supermarkets in Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Colombia, and ...

Brazil closed 2024 with annual inflation at 4.83 percent, pushed above target by higher food prices after a year in which crops were hard hit by floods and drought, official data showed Friday.

Annual inflation is seen at 4% in 2026 and 3.8% in 2027, both above the 3% target. Family consumption is on the rise, supported by record low unemployment and a jump in government spending.

Last week, Minister Paulo Guedes stated that a tariff's decrease in the rate of 12 products with an impact on inflation ... Finally, Brazil reached an agreement with Argentina, by reducing the ...

Analysts see consumer price increases at 4.84% next year, above the central bank’s 4.5% tolerance range ceiling. Annual inflation is seen at 4% in 2026 and 3.8% in 2027, both above the 3% target ...