Increase of 8.9% in revenue aids performance; secretary highlights challenges for 2025 01/31/2025 The Brazilian federal government met its primary budget target for last year, thanks to both increased revenue collection and reduced expenditures. However, National Treasury Secretary Rogério Ceron emphasized the necessity for the federal government to improve the primary balance by 2025. He […]
In January, the gap between sales growth in value and volume widens; diesel price hike still ahead 01/31/2025 Inflation is forcing Brazilians to further revise their shopping baskets, already impacting the pace of sales volume growth in stores in 2025, according to an exclusive NielsenIQ (NIQ) report obtained by Valor. The expansion rate of units […]
Number of convictions increases, but challenges in effectively punishing crises persist, survey finds 01/31/2025 A study recently released by the Amazon Institute of Man and Environment (Imazon) reveals that only 5% of convictions for illegal deforestation in the Amazon result in compensation payments. Furthermore, the processes have not guaranteed that the fines collected are used […]