Brazil & Southern Cone - October 2008 (ISSN 1741-4431)

On 3 October the central bank raised its interest rates by half a percentage point to 7.75%.  This chunky rise was the first move by the central bank so far this year, and came at an odd time, when the rest of the international financial world was in crisis.

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