Brazil’s retailers are already reeling from foreign competition, high interest rates and stubborn inflation. Now a dramatic ...

Brazil consumer price rises are expected to have gained traction in December as energy and goods costs fell less than in the ...

Itaú Unibanco has a strong balance sheet, with a Tier 1 common equity ratio of 13.7% as of September 2024. While management has said at times that the bank has been overcapitalized, we believe that ...

Brazil’s retail sales slid slightly more than expected in November, buffeted by high interest rates that are poised to keep ...

Brazil’s rate of inflation in March picked up at the quickest pace in 11 years for that month, challenging the central bank’s plan to stop raising interest rates soon and complicating ...

Brazil's 12-month inflation reached 4.24% in August. The central bank raised its baseline inflation forecasts to 4.3% for this year and 3.7% for 2025, up from 4.2% and 3.6% previously.

In the shopping malls of Santiago de Chile and the beaches of Brazil, Argentines are snapping up clothes, electronics and ...

Inflation should continue falling in 2025 and allow the U.S. Federal Reserve to further reduce interest rates, though at an ...

His proposed economic policies will probably lead to inflation at home, with devastating knock-on effects for developing ...

Reforms, including currency stabilisation, resulted in lower inflation and steady improvements in ... At 4,2 per cent per annum, Brazil's economic growth rate between 2005 and 2010 was solid rather ...

Mortgage rates have been hovering in the high 6% range for a couple of weeks now, though they're expected to trend down a bit throughout 2025. As inflation slows, the Federal Reserve is likely to ...