In a week with few economic data releases, IBC-Br surprises expectations and Trump announces new import tariffs (02/21)
IBC-Br registers a sharper drop in margin, but shows consistent growth over the year. With data consolidation, we maintain our GDP growth projection at 0.4% QoQ in Q4 2024.
In politics, president Lula remains concerned about food inflation amid his lowest approval ratings ever.
In the United States, Trump announces new import tariffs set to take effect on April 2.
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