Tag: Ilan Goldfajn

• Friday, July 29th 2011 - 06:40 UTC

  World Cup set to boost Brazil’s GDP by 1.5%, estimates the country’s main bank

  

  The three-year build-up to the 2014 soccer World Cup is set to boost Brazil’s economy by 1.5% of GDP, according to Ilan Goldfajn, chief economist of the Itau Unibanco Holding, Latin America’s largest bank by market value.