Brazil’s Treasury is ready to step up actions to alleviate stress in the nation’s 2.3-trillion-real ($447 billion) inflation-linked bond market that has been hit by shifting demand and investors’ concerns about public spending.
The National Congress building in Brasilia, Brazil, on Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. Brazil's central bank board voted unanimously to keep rates at 15% on July 30, leaving policy exceptionally tight despite looming growth risks from US tariffs.
Brazil’s Treasury is ready to step up actions to alleviate stress in the nation’s 2.3-trillion-real ($447 billion) inflation-linked bond market that has been hit by shifting demand and investors’ concerns about public spending.
The National Congress building in Brasilia, Brazil, on Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. Brazil's central bank board voted unanimously to keep rates at 15% on July 30, leaving policy exceptionally tight despite looming growth risks from US tariffs.
Brazil’s Treasury is ready to step up actions to alleviate stress in the nation’s 2.3-trillion-real ($447 billion) inflation-linked bond market that has been hit by shifting demand and investors’ concerns about public spending.
The National Congress building in Brasilia, Brazil, on Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. Brazil's central bank board voted unanimously to keep rates at 15% on July 30, leaving policy exceptionally tight despite looming growth risks from US tariffs.
Credit measures introduced by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s government do not undermine monetary policy, Finance Minister Dario Durigan said in an interview with local news website G1 published on Saturday.
Credit measures introduced by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s government do not undermine monetary policy, Finance Minister Dario Durigan said in an interview with local news website G1 published on Saturday.
Brazil will immediately start rolling back emergency fuel subsidies implemented after the start of the Middle East war as President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva seeks to show fiscal restraint.
Brazil’s government unveiled a new subsidized credit program for informal workers, targeting a key segment of the labor force ahead of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s October reelection bid.
Brazil’s central bank raised its 2026 economic growth forecast as a strong labor market and government spending support activity while also undermining tight monetary policy that seeks to slow inflation to target.
The Brazilian Senate leader from President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s party stepped down from his post after a police investigation uncovered connections to failed lender Banco Master.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Photographer: Andressa Anholete/Getty Images
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva sees Senator Jaques Wagner as a growing liability to his reelection campaign after a police investigation drew his longtime ally into Brazil’s biggest banking fraud probe, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
Brazil’s central bank said adjustments to its easing cycle will be made based on new information while also warning inflation risks are skewed to the upside, together boosting odds of a pause to interest rate cuts.
Brazilian markets sold off on Thursday as investors criticized the central bank for cutting interest rates while flagging a worsening inflation outlook.
Brazilian markets sold off on Thursday as investors criticized the central bank for cutting interest rates while flagging a worsening inflation outlook.
Brazil’s central bank cut its key interest rate by a quarter-point for a third straight meeting while flagging a worsening inflation outlook, prompting many economists to bet its easing cycle may be halted as soon as August.
Commuters pass the Central Bank of Brazil in Brasilia, Brazil, on Wednesday, March 18, 2026. Brazil's central bank is poised to launch its monetary easing cycle despite lingering risks to oil prices from the war in Iran.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva rose from the trade union movement to define the Latin American left for a generation. But during a casual exchange on the sidelines of the G7 summit in France, the Brazilian president offered a different account of himself.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva speaks with Friedrich Merz and Kristalina Georgieva during the G7 summit in Evian, France, on June 17.
Brazil’s central bank will likely cut its key interest rate by a quarter-point on Wednesday, with an Iran peace deal easing some pressure as policymakers navigate a series of inflation risks.
Gabriel Galipolo, governor of the Central Bank of Brazil Photographer: Ton Molina/Bloomberg
Brazil’s Supreme Court voted to keep former banker Daniel Vorcaro’s father in jail after the latest proposal for a plea deal fell through in the sprawling fraud investigation into failed lender Banco Master.
Brazil’s economic team is seeking to negotiate with Congress to prevent final approval of three bills that would add more than 170 billion reais ($33 billion) to the nation’s budget over the next 10 years, Planning Minister Bruno Moretti said.
Brazil’s economic team is seeking to negotiate with Congress to prevent final approval of three bills that would add more than 170 billion reais ($33 billion) to the nation’s budget over the next 10 years, Planning Minister Bruno Moretti said.
Brazil’s central bank is facing pushback from President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s allies and some of its own employees as it seeks greater budget and staffing control, saying resource constraints are hampering oversight of the country’s increasingly complex financial system.