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Lula and Bolsonaro Offer Dueling Plans to Avert Brazil’s Fiscal Crisis
Politics• 1h ago

Lula and Bolsonaro Offer Dueling Plans to Avert Brazil’s Fiscal Crisis

The two leading presidential campaigns in Brazil propose starkly different paths to control the nation’s 82.5% Debt-to-GDP ratio, differing on the speed and mechanism of a necessary fiscal adjustment.

Brazil’s High Interest Rates to Persist as Election Campaigns Fail to Detail Fiscal Adjustment
Politics• Sep 03

Brazil’s High Interest Rates to Persist as Election Campaigns Fail to Detail Fiscal Adjustment

Presidential candidates' vague economic plans increase sovereign risk, forcing the Central Bank to hold Brazil’s Selic rate high.