Tombini: Brazilian inflation might increase in the near term
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Brazilian inflation may accelerate further in the next few months, but the central bank is working to bring it back to the 4.5% target of "as fast as possible", governor Alexandre Tombini said today.
"It should not be taken as a surprise [if] in the coming months [we see] a scenario that includes inflation above the current levels" as a weaker real boosts the price of imported goods, Tombini warned during a hearing at the national chamber of deputies in Brasilia.
On the real depreciation
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