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Brazil softens Selic rate but concerns grow about fiscal stimulus on election year and impact of El Niño
Brazil’s central bank interest rate-setting committee, Copom, unanimously lowered the benchmark Selic rate by 25 basis points to 14.25%, citing risks from election-year fiscal stimulus and the impact of a likely El Niño weather pattern on inflation.
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