π Brazil's April industrial beat suits a BCB that wants to cut slowly, but the PMI just went negative
The day in view
π Brazil's April industrial beat suits a BCB that wants to cut slowly, but the PMI just went negative
Brazil's April industrial production rose +2.7% year on year against a +1.7% consensus, while S&P Global's May composite PMI fell to 49.5, the first sub-50 print of 2026. The Banco Central do Brasil has hard data cover to keep cutting slowly; its own surveys are already pointing the other way.