Bloomberg Brazil analysts reduced their 2016 inflation forecast by the most in nearly eight months as the economy sinks into a deeper recession. Economists lowered their 2016 inflation forecast 5 basis points to 7.57 percent, the first cut in nine weeks, according to the weekly Focus survey conducted on Feb. 26. They also forecast the monetary authority will lower its …

BLOOMBERG Latin America’s policy makers are finding out they can’t fight the market. Colombia saw its peso rise last Monday after announcing a mix of currency, fiscal, and monetary measures, only for it to succumb to an emerging-market selloff later in the week. Argentina’s dollar sales failed to stop the peso falling every other day last week, and investors say …

Columbia / AP Hillary Clinton, fresh off her South Carolina primary landslide, is shifting her focus to Republican front-runner Donald Trump as her party seeks consensus on the best ways to challenge the billionaire’s unpredictable nature in a general election campaign. As Clinton nears the 11 state contests to be decided on Super Tuesday this week, allies of the former …