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Economy & Business - March 2005

Copom tightens again

The central bank's monetary committee (Copom) raised interest rates, again, to 19.25% on 16 March. The half-point increase took rates to their highest level since October 2003. This is the seventh consecutive month that the Copom has raised the basic interest rate.

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