Central Banker of the Year 2021

摘要

GLOBAL AND AMERICAS Roberto Campos Neto, Central Bank of Brazil Few countries have been affected by Covid-19 in the same way Brazil has-as of mid-December, its death toll related to the pandemic was still the world's second high-est, after the US. But while earlier in 2020 expectations were for Latin America's largest economy to contract by more than 9%, fig-ures were sharply revised towards the end of the year to about half that-the International Monetary Fund's forecast moved from 9.1% to 5.8%, while some analysts believe the con-traction will be a lower 4.5%.