#inflação

The Bank of England's headquarters on Threadneedle Street, in the City of London, in September 2019.

Monetary policy

Bank of England raises Bank Rate to 4%, its first hike in more than three years, and projects inflation near 5% by mid-2027

The headquarters building of the Banco Central do Brasil in Brasília, where the Copom meets, pictured in 2010.

Brazil's central bank holds the Selic rate at 13.75% and breaks a run of five cuts

The seat of the European Central Bank and the Frankfurt skyline, in Germany, in 2015.

Eurozone inflation climbs to 4.0% in October, its highest in more than three years

Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, on the right, during a visit to the European Commission in June 2025.

Monetary policy

ECB holds deposit rate at 2.5% with euro-area inflation at 3.8%, and markets now bet on a December hike

The headquarters of the IBGE's documentation and information centre in Rio de Janeiro, in 2007. The institute compiles and publishes the IPCA-15.

Brazil's inflation preview slows to 0.32% in October, but the 12-month rate climbs to 4.62% and breaches the target ceiling

The International Monetary Fund's headquarters in Washington; the 2026 annual meetings are being held in Bangkok.

IMF raises its 2026 global growth forecast to 3.1%, with oil at $96 and public debt climbing

The seat of the European Central Bank and the Frankfurt skyline at dawn, in 2015.

Euro area inflation rises to 3.8% in September as energy costs jump 18.8% in a year

The Bank of Japan head office in Tokyo, designed by Kingo Tatsuno and opened in 1896.

Monetary policy

Bank of Japan lifts rates to 1.25%, a 31-year high, over two dissenting votes

The headquarters of the Banco Central do Brasil in Brasília, in a file photo.

Brazil's central bank cuts the Selic for a fifth straight time, to 13.75%

The Central Bank headquarters building in Brasília's Setor Bancário Norte

Monetary Policy Report

Brazil's central bank keeps its 1.6% GDP growth forecast and sees a higher chance of inflation breaching the ceiling