Tag: #publicSpending

petrobras fiscal framework Finance Minister Fernando Haddad (left) and Rui Costa, the president's chief of staff.

Government unveils ambitious new fiscal framework

The new fiscal rules presented by Finance Minister Fernando Haddad seek to avoid hindering investment in key areas such as health and education

1 year ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes

income tax A meeting of Comsefaz, a council of state finance secretaries. Photo: Washington Costa/MF

The cost of Lula’s plan to raise income tax exemption threshold

1 year ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes

Haddad new fiscal anchor

Haddad promises new fiscal anchor by April

1 year ago • Cedê Silva

Regulated prices, which refers to products such as kitchen gas, might pressure inflation up next year. Photo:

For markets, Brazil is unlikely to meet inflation goals next year

A new survey by the Central Bank shows market agents expect Brazil's 2023 inflation well above the 3.25-percent target

1 year ago • TBR Newsroom

spend Senator Marcelo Castro is the 2023 budget's rapporteur. Photo: Jefferson Rudy/SF

License-to-spend bill gets support for formal discussion in the Senate

1 year ago • Cedê Silva

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The importance of Lula’s relationship with the Central Bank

The incoming Lula government, which has given signs of being fiscally loose, will have to cohabitate with an autonomous Central Bank led by an orthodox economist

1 year ago • Gustavo Ribeiro and Ana Ferraz

increase spending blowing up debt

How Brazil can increase spending without blowing up its debt

While markets worry about the future of public spending under Lula, the country's Treasury Department offers a solution to untie the budgetary knot

1 year ago • Ana Ferraz

Teams work in the aftermath of the 2019 Brumadinho dam disaster. Photo: Eduardo Anizelli/Folhapress

Tech roundup: An app to prevent dam disasters

App is designed to help at-risk communities by warning of dam failures, providing escape routes, and informing which areas could be affected in the case of accidents

1 year ago • Ana Ferraz and Fabiane Ziolla Menezes