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Itaú: Selic On Hold, Vigilant Stance And Alert For Risks

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  • Itaú expect the authorities to keep the Selic benchmark rate stable at 13.75% p.a., in order to ensure inflation convergence to the target in the relevant horizon for monetary policy.
  • According to their estimates, the BCB’s inflation forecasts in the reference scenario will advance slightly across the relevant horizon, to 5.9% from 5.8% in 2022, to 5.0% from 4.8% in 2023 and to 3.0% from 2.9% in 2024.
  • Considering the high level of uncertainty, especially regarding the trajectory for the public accounts, they believe that the committee will reinforce the message, present in the latest communications, of maintaining a vigilant stance in monetary policy, in order to persevere in the disinflation process until the convergence to the targets is achieved, and that it will not hesitate to resume the tightening cycle if the disinflation process does not go as expected or if inflation expectations become unanchored.
  • The committee will likely signal that it still sees a symmetrical balance of risks for inflation, but with an additional caution for the evolution of the fiscal framework in the coming years. In addition, the Copom may also highlight the acceleration of wage dynamics, which could pose risks to the disinflation process.
  • Despite the more benign performance of public accounts at the margin, uncertainty regarding the fiscal framework that will be in place in the coming years may impact inflation expectations in the relevant horizon for monetary policy.

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