Brazil

Question 1

Brazil:

deficit to GDP?

current account to GDP?

Answer 1

• 6.7 percent of GDP

- 4.17 percent of GDP

Question 2

Brazil’s Central Bank inflation target?

Answer 2

2.5 to 6.5 percent

Question 3

Name of Brazil’s benchmark interest rate.

Answer 3

Selic

Question 4

Central bank benchmark interest rate?

Answer 4

12.25 percent

Question 5

Aggregate amount of Brazil’s dollar-denominated debt.

Answer 5

$230 billion

$40 billion falls due this year

Question 6

Brazil

exports / gdp?
imports / gdp?

Answer 6

export make up 12 percent of gdp

imports make up 14 percent of gdp

Question 7

Brazil unemployment rate

Answer 7

5.2 percent