Inglês — L. interpretação de texto - reading comprehension

Read the text below in order to answer questions 25to 28:Brazil's Central Bank Rate Vote UnderscoresDivisionTwo of the Brazilian central bank's nine-memberboard called for a smaller interest rate cut last weekthan policy makers approved, underscoringdisagreement over the pace of a recovery in Braziland its effect on inflation.The vote, the first show of dissent since HenriqueMeirelles became the bank's president, may signalthat the bank may be less inclined to lower thebenchmark lending rate in coming months aftercutting it six times since June.The board said in minutes of the meetingdistributed today that its vote to lower the overnighttarget rate to 17.5 percent from 19 percent was aimedat giving a boost to an economy that suffered itsbiggest back-to-back quarterly contractions in sevenyears between April and September.Internet : www.bloomberg.comAccessed in Nov/2003

In paragraph 1, the text refers to an interest rate cut which