Tag: Governor Ilan Goldfajn

• Thursday, November 15th 2018 - 20:49 UTC

  Orthodox liberal nominated to Brazil's central bank, Roberto Campos Neto

  

  Economist Roberto Campos Neto has accepted an invite to become the head of Brazil's central bank under the government of the incoming president, Jair Bolsonaro, the nation's future economy minister said in a statement on Thursday.

• Wednesday, May 31st 2017 - 22:06 UTC

  Brazil cuts Selic rate to 10.25%, lowest since December 2013: slowing inflation and gradual recovery

  

  The Central Bank of Brazil unanimously cut its key Selic rate by 100 basis points to 10.25 percent on Wednesday May 31st of 2017, as widely anticipated. It is the sixth straight rate decline, bringing borrowing costs to the lowest since December of 2013 amid slowing inflation and a gradual recovery.

• Thursday, April 13th 2017 - 07:30 UTC

  Brazil central bank slashes money cost; estimates Selic rate at 8.5% by end of the year

  

  Brazil's Central Bank cut the key interest rate by a full one percentage point on Wednesday in an effort to inject life into the floundering economy. This was the fifth straight cut, taking the key Selic rate to 11.25%.

• Wednesday, March 29th 2017 - 07:36 UTC

  Brazil ready to further cut interest rates to support economy as inflation falls

  

  Bigger interest rate cuts are an option for Brazil's central bank, Governor Ilan Goldfajn anticipated, signaling an emphasis on supporting the economy as inflation falls faster than expected. The central bank has lowered its benchmark rate in each of monetary policymakers' four meetings since last October, when it made the first cut in four years. The bank reduced the rate by 25 basis points in each of the first two cuts, followed by two drops of 75 basis points apiece. The rate now stands at 12.25%.