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Brazil / Economy

With Brazil's high-yielding real-denominated instruments likely to remain very attractive as sovereign yields in developed states continue to fall, we believe that additional international investors will be drawn into the Brazilian market, likely prompting yields to fall still lower. While this is likely to ease debt-servicing costs for the time being, we caution that a prolonging... 2010-09-01


Brazil / Economy

With the Brazilian government having to step up its intervention on the foreign exchange market in a bid to halt appreciation of the real around the BRL1.7500/US$ level, we believe... 2010-08-31


Brazil / Economy

While other leading indicators are already bearing out our view that the Brazilian economy will slow in the second half of this year, credit growth has remain resolutely on the up,... 2010-08-25


Country Risk Rating

Brazil

With Brazil's high-yielding real-denominated instruments likely to remain very attractive as sovereign yields in developed states continue to fall, we believe that additional international... 2010-09-01


Brazil

With the Brazilian government having to step up its intervention on the foreign exchange market in a bid to halt appreciation of the real around the BRL1.7500/US$ level, we believe... 2010-08-31


Brazil

Finance Minister Guido Mantega has announced that the government is considering tax breaks to stimulate long-term lending for infrastructure development. We believe that the move represents... 2010-07-27


Brazil

Polls ahead of October's presidential elections are sending out increasingly mixed signals, reinforcing our long-held view that the election remains too close to call. Latest survey... 2010-07-27

Economy

Brazil

While other leading indicators are already bearing out our view that the Brazilian economy will slow in the second half of this year, credit growth has remain resolutely on the up,... 2010-08-25


Brazil

A host of recent leading indicators are bearing out our view that growth rates in Brazil will moderate considerably in the second half of this year. One example is formal job creation,... 2010-07-22


Brazil

With the euro staging something of a relief rally against the US dollar in recent days, we see scope for the Brazilian real to gain modestly relative to the greenback in the very near... 2010-07-07


Brazil

April's retail sales print surprised to the downside at -3.0% month-on-month (m-o-m) on a seasonally adjusted (SA) basis, reinforcing our view that Brazil's red hot economic growth... 2010-06-24

Political Risk

Brazil

As Brazil enters the 2010s and a new president is set to take office in 2011, the new administration will face a myriad of policy challenges over the coming decade. The impressive... 2010-04-15


Brazil

Dilma Rousseff's popularity is on the rise following her official nomination as the Partido dos Trabalhadores candidate in February. The conservative opposition Partido da Social... 2010-03-02


Brazil

The election campaign of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's chief of staff, Dilma Rousseff, for the Brazilian presidency will need to shift into the next phase as the ruling Partido... 2010-02-03


Brazil

As Brazil enters the 2010s and a new president is set to take office in 2011, the new administration will face a myriad of policy challenges over the coming decade. The impressive... 2010-01-13

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