Category: Brazil

A Newsweek correspondent years ago once described Brazil as having a rather “willy nilly” character. The nation’s status at any particular moment may be precisely what is willed by elected […]

It seems as if Brazil’s capital markets are fending off attacks on all fronts these days. A recession at home and investor aversion to risky emerging markets are taking their […]

Yearly inflation rates of 80%, the currency down in value to 2.5 or even lower against the dollar, negative GDP, and noncompliance with International Monetary Fund goals. Such were the […]

When Arminio Fraga speaks, people listen. Or so say those who have watched him, over the last six months, oversee a complete turnaround in Brazil’s monetary policy. After the six- […]

In the dawn hours of July 5,thieves stole $19.8 million from the state bank of Sao Paulo’s central downtown agency in Brazil’s largest bank heist to date. The ensuing manhunt […]

In just three years Electricidade de Portugal (EdP) has built up more clients in Brazil than in its home market. The company’s expansion into Brazil began shortly before its privatization […]

New Man at Brazilian Central BankIlan Goldfajn is the new head of research at the Central Bank of Brazil, replacing Sérgio Werlang, who quit unexpectedly in August. The markets were […]