Brazil's finance ministry raised its forecast for economic growth this year, while projecting a slight slowdown in 2026 in face of the central bank's tight monetary policy, a report showed on Friday.

Having passed the midpoint of the year, several of our key economic predictions for 2025 are on track, including weaker US ...

Brazil's central bank will hold its benchmark interest rate at a two-decade high of 15% on July 30, according to a unanimous ...

Brazil announced a reduction of the total amount of its spending freeze for this year after the Supreme Court reinstated the bulk of a tax decree that had sparked disputes with Congress and added to ...

OPEC said the global economy may perform better than expected in the second half of the year despite trade conflicts and that ...

Mining in Brazil does not deliver the sustained economic benefits often claimed, while informal mining is a major driver of deforestation, especially in the Amazon. A new study offers one of the most ...

US President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that new trade duties will have a minimum rate of 15%, with the possibility of reaching 50%.

Brazil’s economic activity dropped far more than expected in May, a signal that sky-high interest rates are starting to weigh on Latin America’s biggest economy.. The central bank’s economic ...

Brazil's trade surplus in June missed analysts' expectations, government data showed on Friday, as imports kept their recent growth path and the government cut its own yearly surplus outlook.

Brazil has an opportunity to shape whatever arrangements might emerge. The country is hosting the upcoming United Nations climate conference, known as COP30, in the Amazonian city of Belém in ...