© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Brazil’s Central Bank President Roberto Campos Neto looks on during a ceremony to announce the installation of Wi-Fi Internet in public schools in the country at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil April 12, 2022. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s central bank chief Roberto Campos Neto said on Wednesday that policymakers are currently discussing the impacts on short-term inflation of expected frosts in the country, stressing that recent changes in weather have negatively affected consumer prices.
Speaking at a conference about the global carbon market, he also said that carbon tax is justifiable in some cases, but the central bank believes in market prices.
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