{
  "id": 14281059,
  "title": "Brazil Analysts Raise Inflation Forecast to 5.22%",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/brazil-analysts-raise-inflation-forecast-to-5-22",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-13T19:21:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Rio Times",
    "slug": "the-rio-times",
    "url": "https://www.riotimesonline.com/brazil-focus-inflation-forecast-5-22-2026/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Brazil’s central bank survey of private forecasters has raised its inflation projection for the year to 5.22%, up from 5.01%. The latest forecast, released on Tuesday, surpasses the official inflation target of 4.5% by 0.72 percentage points. The weekly Focus survey, which polled 144 analysts over the past 30 days, shows a consistent upward trend, with the forecast for 2026 inflation reaching 5.22%, up from 4.90% four weeks ago. The 2027, 2028, and 2029 projections remain relatively unchanged, at 4.30%, 3.79%, and 3.50%, respectively. The survey’s median for administered prices, which include fuel, electricity, and public transport fares, is forecast to rise by 4.89% this year, up from 4.61%. The Selic interest rate, Brazil’s benchmark rate, is expected to fall to 13.25% by year-end, down from 13.50%. Analysts anticipate the real to weaken slightly to 5.15 reais per US dollar by year-end, slightly weaker than the current official rate of 5.0096.",
  "summary": "Analysts in the Brazilian central bank Focus survey raised their inflation forecast for this year to 5.22%, above the 4.5% ceiling of the official target. The post Brazil Analysts Raise Inflation Forecast to 5.22% appeared first on The Rio Times .",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}