Brazil financial exercise beats forecasts in November regardless of financial tightening

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Financial exercise in Brazil exceeded market expectations in November, official information confirmed on Thursday, including to a string of stronger-than-anticipated performances regardless of the central financial institution’s ongoing financial tightening cycle.

The IBC-Br index, a number one indicator of gross home product (GDP), rose 0.1% in seasonally adjusted phrases from October, whereas economists polled by Reuters had anticipated no change.

On a non-seasonally adjusted foundation, the index – which contains proxies for output in agriculture, trade, and companies, in addition to tax information on manufacturing – climbed 4.1% in comparison with November 2023 and elevated 3.6% over 12 months.

The optimistic efficiency got here regardless of weaker-than-expected information in November for the service sector, the primary driver of Brazil’s economic system, together with adverse readings for retail gross sales and industrial output.

Finance Minister Fernando Haddad has acknowledged that Latin America’s largest economic system probably expanded 3.6% in 2024, greater than double the forecasts by personal economists firstly of final yr.

The enlargement has been fueled by sturdy family consumption and rising funding amid a good labor market.