Tag: inflation

Brazil Salaries Have Lost 1/3 of Purchasing Power

Brazil’s Inter-Union Department of Statistics and Socio-Economic Studies (Dieese) dismisses the possibility that last ...

Inflation Fears Bring In the Bears in Brazil

Brazilian and Latin American equities declined, as fears regarding inflation and interest rates weighed ...

Lower Interest Rates Won’t Be Enough for Brazil. But It’s a Start.

The Brazilian president needs to improve the current economic policy.  The people deserve a ...

Brazil Buys Ambev Stocks Betting Brazilians Will Drink More

Brazilian stocks rose this December 28 adding to previous day’s already record highs on ...

Fearing Inflation, Brazil Raises Interest Rates to 17.75%

Inflation Brazilian markets ended modestly higher, helped by some modest gains on Wall Street. ...

US Analyst Forecasts Doom for Brazil’s Economy

Economic growth in Brazil will fall toward two percent in 2005 says Jeph Gundzik, ...

Brazil Real Gives Dollar a Run for Its Money

Brazilian markets slipped, with declines limited as ongoing dollar weakness is seen benefiting countries ...

Brazilian Congress Opens Door to Business-Friendly Reforms

Brazilian equities were little changed, following recent strength. Brazil’s market ebbed, as investors largely ...

Despite Cheaper Food, Inflation Up in Brazil

Inflation in Brazil resumed an upward trend in October. October’s Broad National Consumer Price ...

Brazil’s 2004 Inflation: No More than 7.5%

Final year-end inflation for 2004 should be between 7% and 7.5%, according to a ...