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Brazil / Economy
Notwithstanding the improvement in the general government fiscal balance in January, we continue to err on the side of caution with regards to the fiscal situation in Brazil this year, and therefore maintain a bearish bias towards Brazilian external debt. The yield on the benchmark US$ Global 2027 bond continues to trade near record low territory, having pushed back below the...
2010-03-04Brazil / Economy
Industrial production in Brazil broke a two-month spell of negative month-on-month (m-o-m) growth in January, rising by 1.1% m-o-m. Though slightly lower than the staggering 18.5%...
2010-03-04Brazil / Economy
Brazil's economic calendar kicked 2010 off to a good start, with signs of a robust recovery now appearing across the majority of sectors in the economy. This has been reflected in...
2010-03-04Country Risk Rating
Brazil
Notwithstanding the improvement in the general government fiscal balance in January, we continue to err on the side of caution with regards to the fiscal situation in Brazil this...
2010-03-04Brazil
The Brazilian government is trying to delicately manoeuvre its position on recognising Honduras's new government after President Porfirio Lobo was sworn in on January 27. On the last...
2010-02-05Brazil
Brazil's public debt levels rose consistently in 2009, reflecting the growing financing requirements of the Brazilian government's ambitious fiscal stimulus efforts at a time of subdued...
2010-02-05Brazil
The strong economic recovery in Brazil in the second part of 2009 saw the registered unemployment rate drop off at a more pronounced rate since August. We initially estimated an unemployment...
2010-01-12Brazil
Industrial production in Brazil broke a two-month spell of negative month-on-month (m-o-m) growth in January, rising by 1.1% m-o-m. Though slightly lower than the staggering 18.5%...
2010-03-04Brazil
Brazil's economic calendar kicked 2010 off to a good start, with signs of a robust recovery now appearing across the majority of sectors in the economy. This has been reflected in...
2010-03-04Brazil
The introduction of higher reserve requirements on banks signals a normalisation of monetary policy in Brazil. Though the absorption of BRL71bn of liquidity should reduce the need...
2010-02-25Brazil
Brazilian industrial production (IP) growth soared on a year-on-year basis in December 2009 by a staggering 18.1%, its highest growth rate at least since 1992. However, on the month-on-month...
2010-02-05Brazil
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...
2010-03-02Brazil
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...
2010-02-03Brazil
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...
2010-01-13Brazil
BMI View:We believe that a move into Brazil's senate by central bank president Henrique Meirelles next year, would potentially set him up as a favourite running mate for Dilma Rousseff,...
2009-09-30
