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Annual March IPCA Inflation Expected To Fall To 4.71%

BRAZIL
  • Consumer prices as measured by the IPCA index likely rose 0.77% in March on a monthly basis, according to economists surveyed by Bloomberg, compared to a 0.84% increase in February. On an annual basis, the index is expected to reach 4.71%, down from 5.36% at the Mid-March reading. National statistics agency IBGE to release report at 1300BST/0800ET.
  • On Monday, very small adjustments were made to inflation expectations in the latest BCB Focus survey. Economists raised 2023 CPI forecast to 5.98% from 5.96% and 2024 year-end inflation to 4.14% from 4.13%. Link here: https://www.bcb.gov.br/en/publications/focusmarketreadout
  • China has confirmed that President Lula will visit between April 12-15. Lula and entourage are expect to have departed for China earlier this morning.
  • In an interview with TV Brasil today, the President said that Brazil wants China to make new investments in Brazil. The administration will try to convince the Chinese to make more investments here, try to sell them Embraer planes, try to sell more soybeans, more corn, more meat, President Lula said. He added that he will invite Xi Jinping to Brazil for a bilateral meeting, to show investment projects for Chinese.

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