A new 10% cut in Mercosur’s Common External Tariff (CET) this year depends mainly on two measures being prepared by the federal government and linked to maritime transport. The Economy Ministry believes that the approval of these measures would help to reduce the cost of production in Brazil and pave the way for a further […]
Economic analysts, in general, understood that the Central Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (Copom) signaled a rate of 12.75% per year at the end of the current interest rate tightening cycle. Yet many still see this level as the floor for the Selic, Brazil’s benchmark interest rate. Economists and traders told Valor that the end-of-cycle signal, […]
The federal government is preparing a set of measures to encourage the production and consumption of biomethane, a gas produced from the decomposition of organic materials, equivalent to natural gas of fossil origin, whose main manufacturing potential is in agriculture. The measures, which will be announced on March 21, involve tax relief on investments and […]