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Brazilian salary-backed credit market expands 225% amid high interest rate environment
Valor Econômico·BR·2 days ago
The head of Brazil's Industrial Development Agency (ABDI) publicly characterized the current 14% Selic interest rate as an obstacle to business operations. This rhetoric highlights growing friction between government-linked industrial advocates and the central bank's restrictive monetary policy stance.