TABLE-Brazil economists lower forecast for end-2026 interest rate - Reuters

- Private-sector economists polled weekly by Brazil's central bank forecast the country's benchmark interest rate to end 2026 at 13.75%, a survey showed on Monday, down from the 14% projected a week earlier.

The following is a set of estimates from the survey:


Market estimates

2026

2026

2027

2027

Median

Now

Previous week

Now

Previous week

IPCA inflation index (%)

5.03

5.12

4.22

4.22

GDP growth (%)

1.99

1.99

1.57

1.60

Brazilian real to U.S. dollar (year-end)

5.20

5.20

5.28

5.29

Interest rate Selic (year-end, %)

13.75

14.00

12.00

12.00


(Reporting by Camila Moreira; Writing by Gabriel Araujo; Editing by Alison Williams)