Brazil

  • Jun 17, 2022
  • 7 min read

Brazil private healthcare concentration will continue

Concentration in the private healthcare market favours deregulation policies that could increase health inequities

Brazil
  • Jun 16, 2022
  • 2 min read

Brazil tax moves risk sustained price and rate rises

The Central Bank again raised its benchmark rate yesterday amid fears that inflation will remain high into 2023

Brazil
  • Jun 16, 2022
  • 2 min read

Brazil activist killings highlight Amazon crime fears

A suspect has reportedly confessed to the killing of two environmental activists in a remote part of the Amazon

Brazil
  • Jun 10, 2022
  • 2 min read

Inflation and growth will shape Brazil voter choices

Inflation slowed slightly in May although it remains in double digits and far above target

Brazil
  • Jun 8, 2022
  • 7 min read

Brazil's recent economic uptick may prove short-lived

First-quarter GDP growth reached 1.0% quarter-on-quarter and 4.7% year-on-year

Brazil
  • Jun 1, 2022
  • 7 min read

Fintechs may shake up traditional banking in Brazil

The number of fintechs in Brazil more than tripled between 2014 and 2020

Brazil
  • May 25, 2022
  • 7 min read

"Inclusion through consumption" may buoy Brazil's Lula

Nostalgia for the consumption policies of the former president's administration could boost his vote in October

Brazil
  • May 20, 2022
  • 2 min read

Economic optimism may be overstated in Brazil

The Economy Ministry has updated its macroeconomic forecasts for the year, promising "positive surprises"

Brazil