‘Fear in the market’: Brazil’s fiscal shortfall sends currency plumbing new lows

President faces greatest challenge in his third term as leader

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Currency Tailspin Forces Brazil's Leader to Do the Unthinkable: Cut Spending

Brazil’s currency plunged to its lowest level in 30 years after breakneck spending on pensions and social services.
The Wall Street Journal - 1d
Brazil's currency drops to weakest level yet 4 as Lula's fiscal measures debated

Brazil’s real has fallen to its weakest level against the dollar since the currency was introduced in 1994, undercut by investors’ frustration with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's efforts to ...
ABC News - 3d
Brazil currency sell-off piles fiscal reform pressure on Lula

Investors issue warning after central bank burns through billions of dollars and lifts rates in attempt to prop up real
Financial Times - 3d
Treasury insists on no spring Budget despite fears of fiscal rule breach

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is committed to ‘one major fiscal event every year’, say officials
Financial Times - 6d
Dollar’s surge sparks biggest fall in emerging market currencies in 2 years

Developing economies also suffering from ‘confluence of bad news’
Financial Times - Dec. 12
Budget deficit swells in November, pushing fiscal 2025 shortfall 64% higher than a year ago

For the month, the deficit totaled $366.8 billion, 17% higher than November 2023
CNBC - Dec. 11
'Low-hire, low-fire': The U.S. job market is stagnant right now, economists say

The labor market is not nearly as dynamic as it was in 2021 and 2022. That provides both good and bad news for workers.
CNBC - Dec. 9
The stock market’s ‘fear gauge’ is trading at lows. Why retail investors should take note.

The Cboe Volatility Index hasn’t been this low in months.
MarketWatch - Dec. 6
This move by the stock market’s ‘fear gauge’ is historically bullish for the S&P 500

Traders have been rushing in to buy stocks in the final hour of trading over the past two weeks, while a gauge of expected S&P 500 volatility has dropped sharply in the wake of the presidential ...
MarketWatch - Dec. 2

‘Fear in the market’: Brazil’s fiscal shortfall sends currency plumbing new lows

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Currency Tailspin Forces Brazil's Leader to Do the Unthinkable: Cut Spending

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Brazil currency sell-off piles fiscal reform pressure on Lula

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Budget deficit swells in November, pushing fiscal 2025 shortfall 64% higher than a year ago

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