🔔 The dashboard: Brazil’s benchmark stock index Ibovespa was up by 1.35 percent this week. Meanwhile, the Brazilian Real gained 1.40 percent against the U.S. Dollar this week.
House Speaker Arthur Lira, an ally of President Jair Bolsonaro, postponed a floor vote on a constitutional amendment bill that would place Brazil under a state of emergency. The proposal would allow the president BRL 41.2 billion (USD 7.7 billion) in extra spending on stimulus programs and social policies. It seems though that the postponement will only delay the inevitable.
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