The official rate surpassed 4.5% for the sixth time in a row, thus breaching the new method adopted by the National Monetary Council early this year to gauge the adequacy of price changes.

Brazil's monthly inflation slowed for the fourth time in a row in June, but the annual rate ticked up and remained well above the official goal, data showed on Thursday, prompting the central bank to release a letter to justify missing the target.

Despite external trade headwinds and tight domestic monetary conditions, Brazil's finance ministry has upgraded its 2025 economic outlook.

Brazil’s Central Bank released a letter explaining why the Broad National Consumer Price Index (IPCA) surpassed the target in June.

Brazil's monthly inflation is expected to have slowed for the fourth time in a row in June due in part to lower gasoline prices, a Reuters poll showed.

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Brazil's central bank on Thursday said it was confident in its strategy to hold interest rates steady even as its updated projections showed it would not meet its 3% inflation target through 2027.

Brazil's central bank expressed confidence in its capacity for keeping inflation close to the official target until the end of 2027.