Mon Mar 10, 2014 7:37am EDT
BRASILIA, March 10 (Reuters) – Economists trimmed their
forecasts for interest rates and economic growth in Brazil this
year, a weekly central bank survey showed on Monday.
The median forecast for Brazil’s end-2014 interest rate in a
cental bank survey with about 100 financial institutions fell to
11.00 percent from 11.13 percent in the prior week.
The median estimate for Brazil’s 2014 economic growth edged
down to 1.68 percent, from 1.70 percent previously.
(pct) 2014 2015
previous new previous new
forecast forecast forecast forecast
Consumer 6.00 6.01 5.70 5.70
inflation
Exchange rate 2.49 2.48 2.55 2.55
Interest rate 11.13 11.00 12.00 12.00
GDP growth 1.70 1.68 2.00 2.00
Industrial output 1.80 1.57 3.00 2.95