SAO PAULO, Aug 13 (Reuters) – Brazil’s economic activity rose in June at a faster pace than economists expected, a central bank index showed on Friday.
The IBC-Br economic activity index, a leading measure of gross domestic product, rose 1.14%, compared with the median forecast of a 0.4% rise in a Reuters poll of economists.
(Reporting by Carolina Mandl; edited in Spanish by Carlos Serrano)