President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva authorized an extraordinary credit of R$6.6 billion (approximately $1.3 billion USD) to subsidize fuel producers and importers, immediately reigniting concerns about the Brazilian government’s commitment to its new fiscal framework. The credit, released via Provisional Measure, is designed to buffer domestic prices against rising global oil costs driven by heightened geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. Critically, the use of “extraordinary credit” provides a mechanism to fund this massive expenditure outside of the new fiscal rule’s spending limit and primary result targets, effectively bypassing the very ceiling put in place to ensure fiscal discipline.