Bolsonaro announces 10.18% increase in Brazil’s minimum wage in 2022
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announced Thursday his decision to raise the minimum wage in Brazil by 10.18%, from the current
December 31, 2021Topic
Brazil Central Bank
Brazil’s public sector has a primary surplus of R$15 billion in November
The consolidated public sector closed November with a primary surplus of R$15 billion, as the Brazilian Central Bank reported on...
December 30, 2021
For its Central Bank president, Brazil did “reasonably well” in the biennium 2020-2021
The president of the Central Bank (BC), Roberto Campos Neto, said Tuesday that Brazil did "reasonably well" in the biennium...
November 30, 2021
Central Bank: Brazilian investments abroad break record: US$61 billion so far in 2021
In the past, cross-border investment was limited to buying foreign currency, shares listed abroad, or a house in Miami, but...
October 18, 2021
Brazil Central Bank raises its GDP growth projection to 4.7% for 2021
- The Central Bank raised by 0.1 percentage point, to 4.7%, its projection for the growth of Brazil's economy this...
September 30, 2021
Brazil public debt drops for 6th consecutive month, reaching 82.7% of GDP in August
Even though the opposition criticizes the Brazilian economy almost daily and sees black clouds gathering, there won't be many countries...
September 29, 2021
Brazil’s Central Bank pondered raising interest rates by more than 1%, Copom minutes show
The Central Bank pondered raising interest rates beyond the 1-point adjustment it eventually adopted but came to the conclusion that...
September 28, 2021
Brazil’s Central Bank Monetary Comittee raises Selic rate to 6.25%
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - To contain the advance of inflation, the Central Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (Copom) announced on...
September 22, 2021
Central Bank raises Brazil’s GDP forecast in 2021 to 4.6%
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Central Bank (BC) revised its forecast for Brazilian gross domestic product (GDP) growth in...
June 24, 2021