The Brazilian monetary authority has been sailing in the dark for almost two weeks without the latest editions of the Focus survey, which collects the estimates of economic agents for several key indicators in the management of the country’s monetary policy, such as inflation (IPCA), activity (GDP), and interest rates (Selic). It does not mean, […]
The director-general of the World Trade Organization, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, will arrive this weekend in Brasília on her first visit to Latin America. One of her interests is to find out how much Brazil can help prevent an imminent global food crisis. If Brazil exports additional food, it could help to slow rising global prices, Ms. […]
The federal government has decided to raise salaries of all federal civil servants by 5% from July. According to sources, the decision was made on Wednesday afternoon, during a meeting between Chief of Staff Ciro Nogueira and Economy Minister Paulo Guedes. The decision had the backing of President Jair Bolsonaro. President Bolsonaro had promised to […]