SAO PAULO, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Economists raised their
forecasts for inflation in Brazil this year to 5.85 percent from
5.83 percent previously, a weekly central bank survey showed on
Monday.
Estimates for economic growth and interest rates remained
largely unchanged in the poll, which provides the median
forecasts of economists at about 100 financial institutions.
(pct) 2013 2014
previous new previous new
forecast forecast forecast forecast
Consumer inflation 5.83 5.85 5.92 5.92
Exchange rate 2.25 2.25 2.40 2.40
Interest rate 10.00 10.00 10.25 10.25
GDP growth 2.50 2.50 2.13 2.13
Industrial output 1.80 1.77 2.39 2.50