Brazil Fiscal Squeeze Deepens as Finance Chief Warns on Spending
Brazil's new finance minister warns the country becomes unviable without curbing mandatory spending, the fiscal worry behind every Brazil-asset bet.
June 13, 2026Topic
Spending
Brazil’s Tourism Sector Surging in First Half of 2018
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Despite political uncertainty and well-publicized security concerns, according to Brazil's...
August 16, 2018
Brazilians Plan to Spend 11% More on Mother’s Day in 2018
A survey by the Brazilian Institute of Economics of the Getulio Vargas Foundation (IBRE-FGV) released last Thursday, May 10th, reveals...
May 13, 2018
Rio’s Allocation in Security Investment Drops to Near Zero
In 2017, Rio de Janeiro spent R$9.9 billion on public security, with 83 percent of that amount devoted to personnel...
March 13, 2018
IMF Says Brazil Poised to Emerge from Deep Recession
As Brazil finally begins to show signs of exiting its deep recession, the IMF cautions that all will depend on...
November 16, 2016
Brazil Constitutional Amendment Passes First Round Vote
In vote that began on Monday, October 10th, and lasted until early Tuesday, October 11th, Brazil’s House of Representatives overwhelmingly...
October 11, 2016
Brazil Aims to Approve Limit on Federal Spending
The Constitutional amendment calls for federal spending to be limited to a ceiling of the previous year's budget, adjusted by...
October 10, 2016
Foreign Visitors to Spend US$200 Million in Brazil During Olympics
Revenues from foreign visitors during the first six months of the year total more than US$3.1 billion.
July 27, 2016
Brazil Expected to Register Negative Fiscal Results in 2017
According to government officials the earlier forecast of a zero primary surplus will be very difficult to achieve.
June 17, 2016