Business leaders honored at “Executivo de Valor” award highlight interest rates, political risk, and legal uncertainty as key challenges 06/17/2025 For the 25 executives honored with this year’s Executivo de Valor award, high interest rates stand out as the top challenge to business performance in Brazil. Inflation, exchange rate, political instability, and legal uncertainty also […]
Agrarian Development Ministry aims to maintain subsidized credit for small-scale food production and agroecology 06/17/2025 Facing a tightening federal budget and challenging macroeconomic outlook, Brazil’s Ministry of Agrarian Development (MDA) is working to preserve low interest rates in the upcoming 2025/26 Family Farming Plan. The ministry aims to keep annual rates at 3% […]
Vote paves the way for debate on financial tax increase, but final decision hinges on spending cuts 06/17/2025 The Brazilian Lower House approved Monday (16) by 346 votes to 97 an urgency motion to advance the vote on a legislative decree (PDL) that would revoke the recent increase in the Financial Transactions Tax […]