Brazil's central bank raises benchmark interest rate to 12.25 pct

BRASILIA, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Monetary Policy Committee (Copom) of Brazil's central bank decided on Wednesday to increase the benchmark Selic interest rate from 11.25 percent to 12.25 percent, the second-highest since November 2023, when it stood at 12.75 percent.

In response to an adverse economic scenario complicating the convergence of inflation toward the target, additional adjustments of the same magnit