Political Insights: Week of October 14

BRAZIL POLITICS - Report 14 Oct 2013 by Murillo de Aragão and Cristiano Noronha

In the House of Representatives, we highlight the vote on the bill to change the calculation of states’ debt. On Wednesday, Finance Minister Guido Mantega, speaks at the House of Representatives on government taxation. On Thursday, the Central Bank releases the minutes of the most recent Copom meeting, at which the group increased the interest rate to 9.5% per year. On Friday, the IBGE releases IPCA data for September. Dilma’s popularity stabilizes Datafolha, aside from the voting intentions poll for 2014, released a poll on the evaluation of the Dilma Rousseff (PT) government. Both approva...

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