Brazil

  • Jul 17, 2015
  • 2 min read

Lula edges closer to corruption charges in Brazil

Hitherto an influential ally and adviser, Lula may be increasingly a liability to the beleaguered president

Brazil
  • Jul 16, 2015
  • 2 min read

Brazil's Petrobras policies promote probity problems

Unwillingness to reverse intervention and investment burden on Petrobras undermines both output and probity

Brazil
  • Jul 15, 2015
  • 7 min read

China and 'Grexit' risks weigh on EMs globally

China's equity market volatility and 'Grexit' risk are shaping sentiment towards EMs

International
  • Jul 15, 2015
  • 2 min read

Petrobras probe puts paid to politics in Brazil

The probe of leading politicians in Rousseff's coalition will wreak further damage on the political and economic outlook

Brazil
  • Jul 13, 2015
  • 2 min read

Lula's return aspirations will be thwarted in Brazil

The government may yet recover lost ground by 2018, but the former president seems set to remain 'former'

Brazil
  • Jul 10, 2015
  • 2 min read

Greek crisis will not derail global growth path

IMF downgrades 2015 global growth forecast, sees deeper recession in Brazil

International
  • Jul 9, 2015
  • 2 min read

Pensions, prices add to economic pessimism in Brazil

The president looks increasingly unable to pursue an agenda acceptable to either markets or her own party

Brazil
  • Jul 7, 2015
  • 2 min read

Rapid Rousseff ouster in Brazil appears overstated

The president is badly weakened but there are political motives for keeping her in power, for now

Brazil