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Brazil cuts fiscal goal to recoup credibility, skepticism lingers

December 23, 2018 at 10:21 p.m.

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil set a more modest fiscal savings target for 2014 on Thursday in a bid to recover investors' credibility, but economists remain skeptical that President Dilma Rousseff...

With Brazil-U.S. links frosty, Hollande pushes jet deal

August 24, 2021 at 11:09 p.m.

BRASILIA (Reuters) - French President Fran ois Hollande sought to take advantage of a chill in U.S.-Brazil relations to push a French bid for a multibillion-dollar fighter-jet contract during a...

Brazil raises interest rate back to double digits

August 24, 2021 at 10:42 p.m.

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil raised interest rates on Wednesday for the sixth straight time, ending a short-lived era of single-digit borrowing costs that failed to reignite Latin America's largest economy...

Global finance chiefs ready defenses ahead of Fed exit

August 24, 2021 at 9:22 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Global finance chiefs on Saturday told the IMF to stand ready to aid emerging market economies that could be destabilized by a sudden flight of capital when...

S&P to Brazil: Actions speak louder than words

August 24, 2021 at 9:20 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Brazilian government's more business-friendly tone needs to materialize into actions for Standard & Poor's to reconsider its negative outlook on Latin America's largest economy, a senior...

Brazil’s anti-spying Internet push could backfire, industry says

August 24, 2021 at 8:56 p.m.

SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) - For tech companies in Brazil, the government's decision to target their operations in response to U.S. spying is about as smart as sending an angry email...

Schroders says Fed taper delay to help Brazil sell bonds

August 24, 2021 at 8:27 p.m.

BRASILIA (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve's decision to keep the pace of its monetary stimulus unchanged this week could make it easier for emerging market countries like Brazil to...

Brazil hikes interest rates again to regain market confidence

August 24, 2021 at 7:41 p.m.

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil raised its benchmark interest rate to a 16-month high of 9 percent on Wednesday, maintaining the pace of monetary tightening to fight inflation and rebuild investors'...

Brazil asks IMF to review way it calculates debt

August 24, 2021 at 6:43 p.m.

BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil has asked the International Monetary Fund to review the way it measures the nation's gross debt, saying the methodology inflates the indicator, according to a...

Exclusive: Brazil says Fitch decision to maintain stable outlook is ‘fair’

August 24, 2021 at 6:28 p.m.

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Finance Minister Guido Mantega told Reuters on Thursday that Fitch's decision to maintain Brazil's debt outlook at stable was "fair" given the country's robust finances and dwindling...

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