Brazil interest-rate strategy chief Gabriel Hartung sees room for rate cuts amid signs of economic slowdown 07/28/2025 Brazil’s domestic interest rate market still carries an excessive risk premium, despite mounting evidence of slowing economic activity and declining inflation—factors that support a more aggressive monetary easing cycle in 2026, according to Gabriel Hartung, head […]
Contingency package includes credit and job protection measures 07/28/2025 With just four days left before a 50% tariff on Brazilian exports to the United States is set to take effect and negotiations stalled, the federal government is preparing a package to reduce potential impacts on Brazil’s gross domestic product. The plan, which […]
Study suggests opening to other markets would soften the blow 07/28/2025 Brazil could benefit from a trade retaliation strategy against the United States, if the federal government opts for one, that shifts the focus from tit-for-tat tariffs to broader trade liberalization. The idea would be to lower import tariffs on goods from other […]
Streaming services reach 25% of households in 2024, banking access is growing with use of Pix, and almost every household has cell phones 07/25/2025 In total, internet access already reaches 93.6% of all households in 2024—compared with 92.5% in 2023. — Photo: Mariakray/Pixabay In 2024, the Brazilian population had almost universal […]
Company to build new plant in Mato Grosso following financial recovery 07/25/2025 FS, Brazil’s second-largest corn ethanol producer, has resumed its expansion strategy after a three-year pause marked by financial strain. The company announced on Thursday (24) a R$2 billion investment to build its fourth corn ethanol plant, to be located in […]
Finance Minister Fernando Haddad signals credit line to support Brazilian companies hit by potential U.S. tariffs 07/25/2025 With the United States showing interest in Brazil’s so-called rare earths, the Lula administration on Thursday (24) called on Washington to return to the negotiating table to find an alternative to the 50% import tariff […]
CIDE – ROYALTIES PAYMENT. By Edmo Colnaghi Neves (PhD). Companies that send payments abroad as royalties under contracts with or without technology transfer are subject to a tax called CIDE (Contribution for Intervention in the Economic Domain Royalties). However, in the case of technology transfer service contracts, this requirement is unconstitutional, which […]
Short-term easing of tensions between Brazil and U.S. and globally weaker dollar boost real, Ibovespa, interest rates 07/22/2025 After two weeks of negative performance driven by escalating trade tensions with the United States, Brazilian markets saw a reprieve on Monday. With the U.S. dollar weakening globally and no new retaliatory measures announced […]
Antitrust agency flagged deal after airlines announced merger talks; 07/22/2025 CADE officials question elimination of overlapping routes — Photo: Divulgação Gol and Azul have denied before Brazil’s Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) that their codeshare agreement constitutes an “associative contract” or violates competition law. The two carriers submitted their responses to CADE […]
Two orange juice importers argue the tariff on Brazil will slash profits and drive up retail prices 07/22/2025 Two U.S. importers have taken the first step in challenging Donald Trump’s proposed sanctions against Brazil, laying out arguments that could pave the way for similar actions by other companies and intensify pressure on […]