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Brazil: Central bank policy rate

Percent · 1948–2025 · 78 observations · forecasts to 2026 · cbrate

2025
15.0%percent
Change on 2024
+2.8 pointsfrom 12.3%
Average, 2016–2025
9.58%10 years
Record high and low
103,484% (1989)low 2.00% (2020)

Central bank policy rate

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20269.88Forecast
202515.0
202412.3
202311.8
202213.8
20219.25
20202.00
20194.50
20186.50
20177.00
201613.8

Sources

  • Homer & Sylla1948–1989
  • Grimm1955–2023
  • Bank for International Settlements1986–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook1996–2025
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1997–2025
  • ECLAC1999–2021
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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