BRASILIA (Reuters) – Home working in Brazil may be relieving wage pressure in an otherwise buoyant labor market, a study signed by top central bank officials and released by the…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has decided to veto a bill which was set to extend a payroll tax exemption to some 17 sectors until…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s government projections for its public accounts in 2023 have substantially worsened, with the deficit before interest expenses now nearing the annual fiscal target, as indicated by…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Finance Ministry lowered its forecast for the country’s economic growth for this year and 2024, a report by its economic policy secretariat showed on Tuesday. The…
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Tuesday he had told European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen that he wants to clinch a…
BRASILIA (Reuters) -The Brazilian economy ended the third quarter in negative territory, central bank data showed on Friday, reversing a performance that had been surprisingly positive due to a booming…
By Ricardo Brito and Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) – Paulo Gonet, Brazil’s electoral attorney general, has emerged as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s leading candidate to be the country’s…
By Andre Romani SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian financial tech company StoneCo plans to multiply net profits eightfold through the end of 2027 by accelerating the integration of its financial…
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian airline Azul on Tuesday reduced its forecast for core earnings this year due to slower capacity growth and higher jet fuel price volatility but raised…
By Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian food processor BRF SA is optimistic with the outlook for sales during the final quarter of 2023 based on the strength of…
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Argentines should choose a president who likes democracy and the Mercosur trading bloc, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Tuesday before the southern…
By Natalia Siniawski (Reuters) – Brazilian brewer Ambev SA on Tuesday reported a 19.3% jump in net profit on an organic basis, lifting its shares as lower aluminum prices and…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday picked Carlos Antonio Vieira Fernandes to replace Rita Serrano as CEO of state-run lender Caixa Economica Federal. Serrano…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Finance Ministry says the measures stipulated in a recent legislation aimed at diminishing credit card revolving interest rates are a rational step, a top official said…
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday called for a ceasefire and an “international humanitarian intervention” in the conflict in Israel and the occupied…
By Gabriel Burin (Reuters) – Brazil’s consumer prices likely rose faster in September, led by hikes in gasoline costs that should have brought annual inflation to the highest rate in…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s central bank monetary policy director said on Thursday that the current strength of the U.S. economy, demanding higher interest rates for longer, stands as a central…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – The Brazilian government wants Congress to pass a bill this week that would tax offshore and closed-end funds, and change an instrument companies use for shareholder payments,…
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Industrial production in Brazil rose slightly less than expected in August, data from government statistics agency IBGE showed on Tuesday, as the sector struggles to gather…
By Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) – BRF SA, one of Brazil’s biggest food companies, is bullish on its sales prospects ahead of the holiday season, a company executive said…
(Reuters) – Brazil’s securities watchdog CVM said on Friday it has approved a mechanism similar to a plea bargain for cases related to bankrupt Brazilian retailer Americanas, in the midst…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s central bank chief Roberto Campos Neto said on Friday that inflation expectations are not aligned with official goals, and signaled they may not be anchored if…
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s jobless rate dropped for the fifth consecutive rolling quarter in the three months ended in August, reaching its lowest since early 2015 as the labor…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s central bank governor Roberto Campos Neto on Wednesday said policymakers are aiming to tighten cryptocurrency regulation and subject brokerages to their supervision. Speaking during a hearing…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s central bank voiced concerns over inflation expectations not aligning with official targets and noted differing opinions among board members on services inflation improvements, ruling out any…