Contagion by past rate grows with official inflation at 10%, study shows 08/22/2022 Daniel Karp — Foto: Carol Carquejeiro/Valor Inertial inflation is expected to strengthen in the coming months and start losing momentum only by February, according to a study by economists Daniel Karp and Felipe Kotinda, with Santander. Inertial inflation is the phenomenon by […]
Economy Ministry sees risk of high default, vicious circle for borrowers 08/22/2022 Ronaldo Bento — Foto: José Cruz/Agência Brasil The offer of payroll-deduction loans for beneficiaries of the cash-transfer program Auxílio Brasil, one bet of President Jair Bolsonaro (Liberal Party, PL) to draw low-income voters, is rejected by the country’s largest private-sector banks and faces […]
Covid-19 pandemic, last year’s booming revenues helped improve expenditure by 12.4% 08/19/2022 Ursula Dias Peres — Foto: Silvia Zamboni/Valor The various and successive extraordinary conditions that have marked the current term of office of governors — such as the Covid-19 pandemic and last year’s surprising tax revenues — resulted in a larger share of state […]