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Why has the Brazilian central bank jacked up interest rates to catastrophic levels of 40% and higher?
FORBES: Fact and Comment
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The Brazilian Central Bank now has its finger on the trigger.
FORBES: A Brazil Rate Hike, Sooner Rather Than Later
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MarketMind senses that the Brazilian Central Bank will not hesitate to strike out with higher rates again if it is felt that CPI is still galloping ahead.
FORBES: Brazilian Rate Rise; Capital Is Flying Down To Rio
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The dollar is weakening against the Brazilian real after months of the Central Bank allowing it to weaken by staying out of the currency markets.
FORBES: Dollar Falls Apart In Brazil
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Mantega has spoken about the new measures whatever they might be to curb the appreciation of the Brazilian real with the president of the Central Bank, Alexandre Tombini.
FORBES: Brazil's Mantega Prepares New Currency Measures. More Taxes?
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Research by Kristin Forbes of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Marcel Fratzscher, Thomas Kostka and Roland Straub of the European Central Bank has assessed the impact of Brazilian taxes on foreign purchases of fixed-income assets between 2006 and 2011.
ECONOMIST: Free exchange
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But some fear a sharper slowdown if the central bank over-tightens or if foreign demand slumps for Brazilian exports and bonds.
ECONOMIST: Brazil's central bank: Risks, new and old | The
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The closely monitored Index of Economic Activity of the Central Bank, or IBC-Br, showed that the Brazilian economy grew at a seasonally adjusted rate of a disappointingly low 1.55 percent over the last 12 months.
FORBES: Brazil's Star Power Dims, Economic Growth Weaker Than U.S.
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The RBS group wants to break up the lender into three parts, so that Belgian-Dutch bank Fortis would get ABN's Dutch operations, Spanish bank Banco Santander Central Hispano SA, acquires ABN's Brazilian and Italian arms, and RBS getting Chicago-based LaSalle.
FORBES: Magazine Article