Economia
Mercado de imóvies - quente demais?
By Gabrielle Coppola -
President Dilma Rousseff is using federal subsidies and state-bank loans to boost housing after economic expansion slowed for a second year in 2012 and mortgage growth declined. Home price gains are also decelerating after rising 58 percent since 2010.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is pumping more money into the housing market even as interest rates remain at the lowest in Brazil's history, and annual inflation is running above the central bank's target for 29 months.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is pumping more money into the housing market even as interest rates remain at the lowest in Brazil's history, and annual inflation is running above the central bank's target for 29 months.
“The market is trying to correct itself” and “the government is throwing more money at it to keep it expanding,”said Adolfo Sachsida, an economist in Brasilia at the Institute for Applied Economic Research, a federal government agency that evaluates public policy. “This market employs a lot of people and they want to keep it heated so employment doesn’t drop.”
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Direto Do The New York Times Editorial Board: Brazil’s Next Steps.
After a decade of fast growth and rising incomes,
Brazil has hit a rough patch that is testing its government’s ability to manage
the economy and satisfy the growing aspirations of its people. President Dilma
Rousseff, who faces elections next year,...
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The Economist:brazil's Economy - Wild Horses
Inflation is at 6.3% and is poised to break through the ceiling of the Central Bank’s target of 2.5-6.5% for the first time since it was adopted in 2006. That is despite the currency surging to 1.58 reais to the dollar, close to its peak since it was...
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Brazil's Economy.
INFLATION is at 6.3% and is poised to break through the ceiling of the Central Bank’s target of 2.5-6.5% for the first time since it was adopted in 2006. That is despite the currency surging to 1.58 reais to the dollar, close to its peak since it was...
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O Mercado Americano De Imóveis
HOUSING AMERICA
Building Out of a Crisis
Edited by Randall G. Holcombe, Benjamin Powell
About seventy percent of American households own their own homes, and for many their homes represent the majority of their net worth. As evident by the cascading...
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Tarde Demais?
May 27 (Bloomberg) -- Henrique Meirelles, Brazil’s longest serving head of the central bank, said he’s “confident” inflation will meet the nation’s target because the country has already started raising interest rates....
Policy makers...
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