Lula has the presidency, but the celebration ended quickly. The real slid, investors got nervous and the budget gap kept ...

Brazil's debt burden steadily climbed over Lula's third term and the deficit hit a record high; his reelection tanked Brazilian markets, reflecting investors' fears the country's fiscal picture will ...

Brazil's economy has beaten expectations in recent years, but mounting debt and entrenched structural problems could ...

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won Brazil’s presidential runoff with 51.8% of the vote, defeating Flávio Bolsonaro by about 4.4 ...

Franklin FTSE Brazil ETF remains attractively valued despite outperforming emerging markets by over 10 percentage points in 2025. FLBR targets mid- and large-cap Brazilian stocks, with an average ...

A weaker Brazilian real could make Brazilian soybeans more competitive, but high interest rates, debt and imported fertilizer costs present challenges for producers.

After Sunday’s reelection of a scandal-plagued socialist president, investors are once again asking if Brazil will ever be ...

Monica de Bolle, an expert in Brazilian economic policy, makes an authoritative argument that Brazil’s economic problems will persist no matter the outcome of the country’s presidential election. A ...

Brazil’s financial market developments bear watching for the light that they might shed on US and French financial market prospects. Like the US and France, Brazil is on an unsustainable public-debt ...

On Sunday, Brazilians will choose between a beleaguered left-wing incumbent and a right-wing challenger. Trade, security and ...

Troubles come to the Brazilian economy not as single spies but in battalions. Especially at a time of rising U.S. interest rates, this hardly bodes well for the international economy. Brazil is Latin ...