Pension reform: risk of changes in the second round and other weekly topics

BRAZIL POLITICS - Report 29 Jul 2019 by Murillo de Aragão and Cristiano Noronha

The government and truckers will take part in a new round of negotiations on the cargo pricing table. Meetings are scheduled for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in Brasília. The Central Bank may finally reduce the benchmark interest rate, currently at 6.5% per year. On Thursday, Congress and Superior Courts return to work following the mid-year recess. However, legislative activity will only begin full steam ahead on August 6.

This week’s Talking Points

* The main items on the agenda for August

* Pension reform: risk of changes in the second round

* Eleven provisional measures pending a vote

* Bolsonaro in the Northeast

* Hackers' arrests strengthen Moro and the Car Wash

* Positive impact expected from access to the FGTS accounts

Now read on...

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