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Expectation of fiscal adjustment drives Brazilian interest rates lower
Brazilian financial markets reacted strongly after the first round of elections, with long-term interest rates and the inflation expected by bond investors falling.
The 10-year rate dropped from 14.4% to 13%, while the real interest rate fell from 7.4% to 6.9%.
Investors appear to expect an opposition victory to bring a change in economic policy, especially lower public spending.
Lower spending could ease inflation pressure and give the Central Bank more room to cut its benchmark Selic rate.
Markets now expect rate cuts to continue until around mid-2027, rather than ending sooner.
Lower long-term rates also reflect expectations that the government will need to borrow less and that the public debt path will be more sustainable.
The fiscal adjustment is not yet in place, and depends on the election result and the policies that follow.
Brazilian interest rates fell sharply after the first round of elections, as markets expected a change in economic policy and a fiscal adjustment.
The 10-year interest rate fell from 14.4% to 13% a year.
Implied inflation in bonds dropped from 6.5% to 5.7%, while the real interest rate fell from 7.4% to 6.9%.
The daily decline in real interest rates was the largest in 17 years, and bondholders gained more than 12%.
The fiscal adjustment has not yet happened and depends on the election result and the adoption of necessary measures.
- Who
- Brazilian bond and interest-rate markets, and investors holding those securities.
- What
- Interest rates and implied inflation fell as markets anticipated a fiscal adjustment and changes to economic policy.
- When
- After the first round of elections; the article was published on 10 October 2026.
- Where
- Brazil.
- Why
- Markets expected an opposition victory to bring a change in economic policy, especially lower public spending.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The adjustment has not yet happened.
Interest-rate markets assigned a 50% chance of another 0.25 percentage-point cut in November, followed by stable rates in December.
The 10-year rate fell from 14.4% to 13% a year, and implied inflation and the real interest rate also declined.
- 10-year interest rate
- Fell from 14.4% to 13% a year
- Implied inflation
- Fell from 6.5% to 5.7%
- Real interest rate
- Fell from 7.4% to 6.9%
- Daily decline
- Largest observed in 17 years
- Bondholder gains
- More than 12%
Sources
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