julho 2011

21 de julho de 2011

Copom raises interest rate to 12.50%

The Monetary Policy Committee (“Copom”) of the Central Bank unanimously decided to raise Brazil’s benchmark interest rate, the Selic (“a taxa básica de juros”), from 12.25% […]
20 de julho de 2011

Obama Backs Latest Bargain

President Barack Obama, in a last-ditch bid for a bipartisan “grand bargain” on the budget, threw his weight Tuesday behind a $3.7 trillion deficit-reduction plan unveiled […]