According to the bank's weekly survey of leading financial institutions in the South American country, analysts maintained their growth forecast for 2022 at 2.5 percent.
Analysts raised their inflation estimate for 2021, from 3.43 to 3.5 percent, and maintained the estimate for 2022 at 3.5 percent.
The inflation forecasts fall within the government's target goal of 3.75 percent in 2021 and 3.5 percent in 2022, with a margin of tolerance of 1.5 percentage points up or down.
Regarding the trade balance (exports and imports), analysts projected a surplus of 55 billion U.S. dollars in 2021 and 49.3 billion U.S. dollars in 2022.
Foreign direct investment in Brazil is expected to reach 60 billion U.S. dollars this year and 70 billion U.S. dollars the next.
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