Central Bank of Brazil (BCB)
Brazilian MPC says inflation will converge to target within two years
Annual inflation in August was 6.5%, but the central bank believes it will reach the target of 4.5% in the ‘early quarters of 2016'
Brazil registers primary deficit for third consecutive month
Public sector primary deficit reaches 4.7 billion real ($2.10 billion) in July, making it more difficult to achieve annual fiscal target, notes central bank
Governors and deputies address labour market conundrums at Jackson Hole
Brazil's Tombini, Japan's Kuroda and BoE deputy Ben Broadbent offer their takes on ‘new natural' unemployment rates, weak productivity growth and central bank remedies
Central Bank of Brazil yet to see effects of tightening cycle
Inflation 'still shows resistance', July minutes note; bank lowered reserve requirements for lenders last week in bid to inject additional liquidity into Brazilian economy
Central Bank of Brazil lowers bank reserve requirements in bid to boost liquidity
Reserves held against deposits cut in half as CBB hopes to inject $20 billion into economy; move ‘seems to be aimed squarely at getting economy going ahead of elections', says analyst
Tombini says inability to instil confidence ‘central explanation' for weak recovery
Central Bank of Brazil governor says ‘longer period of normalisation of monetary policy' a possibility; domestic inflation 'under control' and likely to remain ‘well behaved'
Central Bank of Colombia goes for more detailed minutes
New minutes include more detail about board members' policy views that ‘on occasion may reveal the institution's future policy inclination', according to central bank
Brazil fails to realise Latam financial stability grouping
South American regional initiative to co-operate on financial stability appears to have gone nowhere since it was announced by Brazil in March this year
Tombini rejects ‘generalised vulnerability’ of EMs
Brazilian governor dismisses notion that exchange rate depreciation in wake of Fed taper is associated with an ‘inevitable, looming’ external payments crisis in emerging market economies
Brazil central bank gives banks time off for World Cup
Banks must work as usual during the World Cup, the central bank has said - but can take an extra hour off when the Brazil team is playing
Central Bank of Brazil raises Selic rate amid uptick in inflation
Central Bank of Brazil hikes rate by 25bp to 11% following upward revision of inflation for 2014; analysts predict an end to year-long tightening cycle
Central Bank of Brazil hikes inflation forecast for 2014
Report released yesterday revises up inflation rate for 2014 by 50 basis points to 6.1%, 1.6 percentage points above target
Brazil minutes highlight inflation 'resistance' concern
Central Bank of Brazil remains concerned about 'resistance' of inflation despite more than 400bp of rate rises, latest minutes show
Central Bank of Brazil hike 'signals end' to year-long tightening cycle
Central bank raises benchmark Selic rate by 25 basis points to 10.75% in move that analysts say means a lower peak is probable
Tombini says Brazil is ready for ‘welcome' exit from UMP
The end of unconventional monetary policy in advanced economies is a good sign for the world economy, says Central Bank of Brazil governor Alexandre Tombini
Central Bank of Brazil raises rates for seventh time in a row
Selic rate increased 50 basis points to 10.5% in unanimous decision following disappointing inflation figures published last week; rate up 275 basis points since April 2013
Monetary transmission not to blame for weak bank lending in Brazil, IMF paper finds
Fewer loans due to shift in demand and possibly rapid expansion of state bank credit; if anything, sensitivity of lending to Selic rate changes seems to have increased, according to author
Basel Committee gives Brazilian capital standards the nod in new report
Standards are deemed overall compliant with Basel III, report published today concludes; Central Bank of Brazil's approach to market risk considered ‘more prudent' than the Basel standardised version
Brazil’s Tombini says ‘we still do not fully understand’ macro-prudential tools
Governor of the Central Bank of Brazil warns that limited understanding of new policies presents ‘significant communication challenges’ for central banks
OECD tells Brazilian government to stay quiet on interest rate policy
New report urges government to stop commenting on future trajectory of interest rates, and set fixed terms for MPC members ‘during which they cannot be dismissed'
Central Bank of Brazil raises rates for fifth time in row
Unanimous vote hikes Selic rate to 9.5% – 2.25 percentage points higher than in April - in effort to combat inflation; Reserve Bank of India, meanwhile, provides financial system with more liquidity
BIS papers probe LatAm currency interventions
Working papers written by economists from each of five Latin American central banks and published by the BIS investigate the efficacy of various currency intervention strategies
Bank of Brazil hikes rates for the fourth time in as many months
Brazilian central bank deploys primary monetary policy weapon in a bid to hold back inflation and open another front to support the real, following intervention in the currency markets
EM central banks in a bind as capital volatility set to worsen
Central banks in the biggest emerging market economies are bracing for ever faster outflows of capital if tomorrow's FOMC minutes continue to point to US monetary tightening