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Brazil's Central Bank foresees 5.9% inflation in 2010

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-12-23 11:05

RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil's Central Bank released on Wednesday its quarterly inflation report, in which it foresees an inflation rate of 5.9 percent this year and 5 percent in 2011.

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According to the bank, Brazil's inflation will return to the target of 4.5 percent set by the government in 2012. The new projections already take into consideration the measures taken by the bank recently to contain inflation.

The country's GDP is expected to rise 7.3 percent in 2010 and 4.5 percent in 2011. In the first three quarters of the year, Brazil's GDP accumulated a rise of 8.4 percent year-on-year. The fourth quarter figures are expected to be positive as well.

Industry is expected to grow 10.2 percent in 2010, while the agricultural sector is to expand 7.5 percent and the tertiary sector, 5.4 percent.

In 2011, the agricultural sector is expected to grow 0.5 percent, while the industrial and tertiary sectors are to increase 5.4 and 4.2 percent respectively.