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🌏 South Africa's jobless rate hits a four-year high while Brazil's rate cuts stay on track

🌏 South Africa's jobless rate hits a four-year high while Brazil's rate cuts stay on track

South Africa's jobless rate hit 33.6% in Q2, a four-year high. Brazil's central bank cut its benchmark rate to 14.00% as inflation keeps easing toward target.

Line chart of monthly IPCA % variation for 2024–2026 with shaded historical range (2010–2023), months Jan–Dec.
Inter chief economist Rafaela Vitoria sees July's slightly hot IPCA still consistent with 25bp Selic cuts to 13.25% by December, even with real rates near 9%. Source

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