BRASÍLIA: Brazil’s central bank is likely to slash its key interest rate on Wednesday by a percentage point to 8.25 percent, the eighth consecutive cut as the country slowly exits a painful recession, analysts say.

The one percentage point fall in the base Selic rate predicted by markets would match a previous cut in July.

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