Week of January 20

BRAZIL POLITICS - Report 20 Jan 2015 by Murillo de Aragão and Cristiano Noronha

President Dilma’s second-term economics team makes its first international trip:Joaquim Levy (Finance) and Alexandre Tombini (Central Bank) participate in the World Economic Forum in Davos, but Dilma Rousseff cancelled her participation due to the inauguration of reelected Bolivian president, Evo Morales. The Central Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (Copom) holds its first meeting of the year to decide on the basic interest rate, which is expected to increase.On Friday, the IBGE releases inflation previews for January. Petrolão and Elections Split The PT The relationship between former Pres...

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