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Currency & equities / Market news analysisA brutal week for Brazilian assets exposes the currency trap
The Ibovespa lost 18.12% in the week ended 30 October while USD/BRL rose 9.15%, Agência Brasil reports.
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Policy credibility / Policy news analysisCalls to loosen fiscal rules add another policy uncertainty
A manifesto from 50 professionals advocates a less rigid fiscal regime, changes to the inflation target and taxation of wealthy people instead of social-spending cuts.
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Fiscal risk / Fiscal news analysisDebt at 82.9% of GDP: stability in one month is little comfort
Brazil’s gross general-government debt reached 82.9% of GDP in September, up 4.3 percentage points in 2026, CNN Brasil reports from BCB data.
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Fiscal risk / Debt news analysisFederal debt keeps climbing under the weight of interest
Federal public debt rose 0.97% to R$9.383 trillion in September, according to Agência Brasil’s coverage of Treasury figures.
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Inflation / Inflation news analysisSeptember’s inflation jump challenges the easy-rate-cut story
Brazil’s IPCA rose 0.82% in September, Agência Brasil reported on 9 October.
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Monetary policy / Monetary policy news analysisA Selic cut does not remove Brazil’s risk premium
On 16 September, Copom cut the Selic by 0.25 percentage point to 13.75% a year, Agência Brasil reported.
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Legal & regulatory risk / Editorial · historical caseEletrobras: a concession is not a guarantee of stable economics
The tariff-renewal episode shows how a lawful policy change can damage an established investment model.
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Legal & regulatory risk / Editorial · historical caseGPA: even a final tax judgment may not protect future cash flows
The CSLL dispute challenges the assumption that a courtroom victory permanently settles a recurring tax exposure.
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Legal & regulatory risk / Editorial · historical casePetrobras: the cost of ending a long-running tax controversy
A negotiated settlement can crystallize a material cost even when a company has disputed the tax treatment.
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Legal & regulatory risk / Editorial · historical casePaper Excellence and Eldorado: winning an award is not completing an acquisition
The case illustrates execution risk and years of disputed control, not a demonstrated net investment loss.
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Legal & regulatory risk / Editorial · historical caseAtlas and renewable generators: lost output is not automatically compensable
The legal question is who bears the cost when a completed plant cannot sell all its available generation.
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Fiscal risk / Editorial · opinionBrazil’s Fiscal Rules Can Change. Your Investment Exposure Does Not Disappear.
The Workers’ Party’s fiscal record shows why overseas investors must examine the political durability of the rules behind Brazil’s headline returns.
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Inflation / Editorial · opinionBrazil’s Household Debt Warning: Who Ultimately Pays?
Record delinquency can reach investors through banks, consumption, private credit, public finances, interest rates and the currency. Fourteen channels deserve scrutiny.
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Policy credibility / Editor’s note · opinionBoulos inside the Planalto: why an old debt-suspension statement remains a tail risk
A 2014 call to suspend payment of Brazil’s domestic public debt is not current government policy. Its author now sits inside Lula’s government and close to presidential strategy, making the record relevant to foreign investors.
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Monetary policy / News analysis · rate expectationsRate-cut bets retreat: refinancing and bond-price risk remain
A Reuters poll finds 33 of 48 economists expecting the Selic to stay at 13.75% on November 4. Foreign portfolios built around cheaper financing face a test.
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Policy credibility / News analysis · policy credibilityFiscal confrontation raises the policy-credibility risk for foreign portfolios
Folha reports sharper criticism of market pressure from government and PT figures before Copom. Investors must distinguish political rhetoric from a funded fiscal plan.
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Policy credibility / Policy risk analysis · monetary regimeA plan to cap the Selic could rewrite Brazil’s risk premium
André Lara Resende proposes cutting the Selic from 13.75% to about 7.5% within 12 months, then constraining it near 3%–5.5%. For foreign investors, the institutional signal may matter as much as the lower rate.
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Monetary policy / News analysis · inflation expectationsInflation and rate forecasts rise together after the election
The first Focus survey after Lula’s reelection shows economists lifting inflation and Selic forecasts. Foreign investors face a less favourable combination of currency, duration and growth risks.
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Currency & equities / Business risk analysis · investment delayCompanies delay investment while Brazil’s economic direction remains unclear
Businesses and asset managers are holding projects until Lula defines his next finance minister and fiscal policy, Folha reports. The delay is an early real-economy cost of uncertainty.
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Policy credibility / Institutional risk analysis · central-bank appointmentsSix Central Bank appointments could reshape Brazil’s monetary credibility
Lula is expected to nominate six BCB directors by the end of 2027, potentially giving his appointees a Copom majority in 2028. Personnel choices now carry market-wide significance.
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Currency & equities / Market risk analysis · currency and equitiesDollar closes at 2026 high as Lula’s fiscal record drives Brazil risk repricing
USD/BRL closed near R$5.486 on 3 November, its highest close of 2026, while the Ibovespa fell 1.42% to 165,528 points for a sixth consecutive loss. This was not merely a reaction to one rumour: investors are repricing the risk of policy continuity under Lula.
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