Tag: Carlos Hamilton

• Saturday, November 22nd 2014 - 06:07 UTC

  Rousseff expected to announce proven fiscal hawk as Finance minister

  

  Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff already has the names for crucial posts in her new government, but they will not be announced until next Wednesday according to reports in Sao Paulo and Rio do Janeiro newspapers based on Planalto sources. But the names were sufficient to make the Sao Paulo stock exchange surge 5% on Friday.

• Thursday, June 9th 2011 - 19:24 UTC

  Brazil hikes basic rate to 12.25% and further increases can be expected

  

  Brazil's central bank increased late Wednesday its benchmark interest rate for the fourth straight meeting after consumer prices exceeded the upper limit of its target range for the first time since 2005.