Brazilian market upgrades 2024 economic growth forecast to 2.23 pct

BRASILIA, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's financial market upgraded its economic growth forecast for 2024 from 2.20 percent to 2.23 percent, but downgraded expected growth for 2025 from 1.92 percent to 1.89 percent, the Central Bank of Brazil said Monday.

According to the bank's weekly Focus survey of leading financial institutions in the South American country, at the start of the year, economists were projecting