With the Selic rate at 13.25%, Brazil maintains its leadership in the ranking of the highest real interest rates

Brazil maintained its leadership in the ranking of the largest fees real among the world’s main economies, with the country’s basic rate, the Selic , reaching 13.25% per year. The survey, made by Infinity Asset, takes into account the interest of 40 countries.

The country returned to the top spot on the list after the May meeting, when the rate reached 12.75% a year after a 1 percentage point increase. In April, the Russia was in the lead, but the country’s central bank held new meetings with cuts in the nominal interest rate, today at 9.5%.

The “top 5” is still formed by the Mexico Indonesia, Colombia it’s the Chile .

According to the survey, the real interest rate in Brazil, calculated by subtracting the nominal interest rate from the projection of inflation for the next 12 months, it is 8.10%, compared to 6.69% in May.

Considering only the nominal interest rate, defined by central banks, Brazil went from fourth to third place, behind the Argentina (whose interest rose from 47% to 49%) and Turkey (whose interest remained at 14%) and ahead of Russia (with interest falling from 14% to 9.5%)

After high interest announced on Wednesday (4), the United States rose both in the ranking of real interest, going from the 30th position to the 25th, and nominal interest, moving from the 21st to the 20th position.

The lowest nominal interest rates are from Denmark (-0.60%), Switzerland (-0.25%) and Japan (-0.10%), while the lowest real interest rates are from Argentina (-14.16%), the Netherlands (-6.64%) and Belgium (-6.59%).

Source: CNN Brasil

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