Brazil’s finance chief said he has received the mission to balance public accounts directly from President Luiz Inacio Lula ...

Brazil's central government posted a primary budget surplus of 84.882 billion reais ($14.6 billion) in January, Treasury data ...

Brazil's central government posted a primary budget surplus in January that was slightly below market expectations, as inflation-adjusted spending growth outpaced revenue gains, Treasury data showed ...

Brazil's latest cabinet shuffle has left Finance Minister Fernando Haddad with no strong supporters in President Luiz Inacio ...

As the graph shows, Brazil's nominal public budget deficit as a percentage of GDP, Brazil's fiscal deficit is on a steep post-pandemic climb. Currently, Brazil's Government debt accounted for ~76% ...

Both men have gained support from conservatives and liberals alike partly by promising to fight for Congress to determine the destination of an ever-bigger share of Brazil’s federal budget ...

when a much-anticipated package of spending cuts disappointed traders looking for signs that the government would move to curb Brazil’s ballooning budget deficits and growing public debt.