The Minister of Economy, Paulo Guedes, said Tuesday that the federal government is considering a moderate reduction in some taxes. Among them are those levied on diesel and the Tax on Industrialized Products (IPI). Guedes also criticized the idea of creating a stabilization fund for fuel prices. “We are studying which taxes could be moderately […]
After three and a half years, Brazil is expected to have again a double-digit basic interest rate (Selic), after the first meeting of the Central Bank´s Monetary Policy Committee (Copom) in 2022, this Wednesday. The prevailing expectation in the market is that benchmark interest rate Selic will rise to 10.75% per year and will not […]
Improvement in informal work led to increase; 47.2% expect to consume less 01/02/2022 Consumption grows, but inflation worries After two months of decline, the Household Consumption Intention (ICF) indicator of the National Confederation of Commerce of Goods, Services and Tourism (CNC) rose 1.1% in January compared to December, to 76.2 points, and reached the highest […]