On Aug. 5, 2011, when Standard & Poor’s stripped the United States of its AAA credit rating, it was the latest in a string of economic humiliations for the U.S. After the failure of … Read more →

The enthusiasm with which much of the world has viewed the Brazilian economy in recent years seems to have added an exclamation mark to the country’s name. Whenever someone in a foreign country asks where … Read more →

Brazil has “a window of opportunity” to test lower interest rates this year, given the deflationary forces currently at play in the global economy, the president of the country’s state development bank said on Monday. … Read more →