Tag: Roberto Campos Neto

• Thursday, October 17th 2019 - 09:51 UTC

  Brazil's Economy minister cancels trip to IMF assembly to ensure pension reform approval

  

  Brazil’s Economy Minister Paulo Guedes has canceled a trip to the International Monetary Fund’s annual meeting (IMF) in Washington, to deal with his economic agenda, the ministry said on Wednesday, as the government’s pension reform plan winds its way through Congress.

• Tuesday, September 10th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  August inflation in Brazil below target, with room for further rate cuts

  

  Consumer price inflation in Brazil was well contained in August, as forecast, reinforcing expectations of deeper interest rate cuts by the central bank as it tries to fire up economic growth.

• Thursday, August 22nd 2019 - 18:51 UTC

  Brazil central bank anticipates that there is scope to further cut interest rates

  

  Brazilian central bank president Roberto Campos Neto said on Wednesday that the balance of economic risks and increasingly benign inflation means there is scope to cut interest rates further.

• Saturday, March 30th 2019 - 08:02 UTC

  Brazil central bank cautious as outside shocks and domestic political tension mount

  

  Brazil’s central bank will take its time analyzing the economic impact from an increasing number of shocks from abroad and rising political tension at home that appear to be slowing the government’s reform process, its president said.

• Friday, March 22nd 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  Brazil's central bank with new chief leaves rates unchanged; policy is determined “with caution and serenity”

  

  Brazil's interest rates remained unchanged on Wednesday after the central bank held its first monetary policy meeting under its new chief Roberto Campos Neto. The central bank's unanimous decision -- only the second since pro-business President Jair Bolsonaro took power in January on a promise to revive Latin America's biggest economy -- to keep rates at 6.5% was in line with market expectations.

• Thursday, November 15th 2018 - 20:49 UTC

  Orthodox liberal nominated to Brazil's central bank, Roberto Campos Neto

  

  Economist Roberto Campos Neto has accepted an invite to become the head of Brazil's central bank under the government of the incoming president, Jair Bolsonaro, the nation's future economy minister said in a statement on Thursday.