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🌏 Korea hikes rates while Brazil counts the cost of its own tightening cycle

🌏 Korea hikes rates while Brazil counts the cost of its own tightening cycle

The Bank of Korea hiked 25 basis points to 2.75%, its first increase in three years, after inflation hit 3.2% year-on-year. Brazil's services sector shrank 0.4% in May, the lagged bite of a near-15% policy rate.

Table of Brazil services MoM/YoY growth rates for May 2026 with line charts of service volume trends 2012-2026 by sector.
Brazil services sector volume contracted 0.4% in May, missing consensus and led by a 1% drop in transport activity. Source

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