Economists Lift Brazil 2013 Growth Outlook

Economists lifted their estimates for Brazil's economic growth in 2013 to 2.47%, versus 2.40% earlier, according to a weekly central bank survey. Economists lowered their outlook for Brazil's industrial output growth in 2013 to 1.70% from 1.92%. They also cut their consumer inflation estimates for 2014 to 5.95% from 5.97%.