Public Policy

• Brazil and Denmark sign bilateral trade agreement

  23/5/2013 | 13:17

  Under the agreement, the ministries of the two countries will facilitate dialogue and the exchange of information on trade, including: marine services, intellectual property and investment...

• Dilma to attend 50th anniversary of African Union in Ethiopia

  23/5/2013 | 13:02

  Diplomats said the social advances associated with Brazil’s recent economic growth make the country one of the guests of honour at the celebrations. The president travels accompanied by an...

• Brazil unemployment unexpectedly rises

  23/5/2013 | 12:08

  Brazil's jobless rate rose unexpectedly to 5.8% from 5.7% a month earlier. The number was above the median forecast of 5.6% in a central bank poll of 23 economists. Although Brazil's stunted...

• Inflation numbers better than forecast

  22/5/2013 | 11:12

  IBGE reported that prices measured by the IPCA-15 price index rose 0.46%. That was less than the median forecast of 0.49% from 35 economists surveyed by Bloomberg. Annual inflation slowed to 6.46%,...

• Anastasia: Dilma has enough support to pass Mining Code

  21/5/2013 | 12:08

  Rousseff spent most of last week furiously negotiating with her majority coalition in the lower house before a May 16^th deadline to ratify a provisional measure that should revitalise...

• Countinho: Dangerous to rely solely on commodities

  17/5/2013 | 14:27

  “It is dangerous to rely excessively on commodity exports. The commodity cycle, driven by imports from China that helped Brazil to grow quickly between 2004 and 2010, is undergoing radical...

• Central Bank will do all in its power to fight inflation

  16/5/2013 | 16:41

  "The central bank is vigilant and will do whatever is necessary, with proper timing to bring inflation into line in the second half of the year. I want to reaffirm the Central Bank’s...

• IDB: Brazil needs to simplify its tax system

  15/5/2013 | 16:41

  The report states that in Brazil the biggest issue is the complexity of the tax system code. In particular it criticises the varying rates of inter-state sales taxes that are responsible for the...

• Brazil's asset management industry must change with the times

  14/5/2013 | 12:37

  Brazil's asset management sector is the sixth largest in the world with more than USD $1.2 trillion in assets under management. A decline in domestic borrowing costs to a record low last year is...

• Analysts predict higher inflation

  13/5/2013 | 14:17

  The median estimate for the Broad National Consumer Price Index (IPCA) this year rose from 5.71% to 5.80%. Projections are collected from over one hundred analysts. In the reading for the next 12...