ment ditched an earlier budget proposal and recommitted itself to fiscal discipline. President Dilma Rousseff rallied around her finance minister, Joaquim Levy, and announced a primary surplus target of 0.7% of gross domestic product (GDP) for fiscal year 2016. It was the government's recent decision to

50 PM Subject: Faria: Brazil Daily Update Brazil's economic outlook deteriorates further According to newspaper Folha de S.Paulo, Finance Minister Joaquim Levy told President Dilma Rousseff on Wednesday that he was becoming increasingly isolated in the federal administration and losing support to implement

atus Loom 2015-07-29 01:20:20.900 GMT By Raymond Colitt and Arnaldo Galvao (Bloomberg) -- A bad week got a lot worse Tuesday for Finance Minister Joaquim Levy when Standard & Poor's capped a string of setbacks by putting a negative outlook on Brazil's rating. Just six days earlier Levy was forced to aban

scheduled for Sunday, showing a growing divide in Brazilian society. Separately, according to the Agenda Estado newswire service, Finance Minister Joaquim Levy threatened to resign during the tough negotiation that he reportedly held with Senate Speaker Renan Calheiros on Wednesday night in order to prevent

impeachment). Demonstrations in favor of Dilma's impeachment are scheduled for Sunday. - According to Broadcast newswire service, Finance Minister Joaquim Levy threatened to resign during the tough negotiation that he held with Senate Sepaker Renan Calheiros on Wednesday night in order to prevent Congress

ted Provisional Decree 669, which aimed at reducing the payroll tax rebates and save BRL5.3bn this year, an important component of Finance Minister Joaquim Levy's fiscal adjustment plan. Calheiros argued that the EFTA00666798 provisional decree was unconstitutional because it modified another provisional d

5296 Subject: Faria: Brazil Daily Update Brazil's economic outlook deteriorates further According to newspaper Folha de S.Paulo, Finance Minister Joaquim Levy told President Dilma Rousseff on Wednesday that he was becoming increasingly isolated in the federal administration and losing support to implement

50 PM subject: Faria: Brazil Daily update Brazil's economic outlook deteriorates further According to newspaper Folha de S.Paulo, Finance minister Joaquim Levy told President Dilma Rousseff on Wednesday that he was becoming increasingly isolated in the federal administration and losing support to implement

50 PM Subject: Faria: Brazil Daily Update Brazil's economic outlook deteriorates further According to newspaper Folha de S.Paulo, Finance Minister Joaquim Levy told President Dilma Rousseff on Wednesday that he was becoming increasingly isolated in the federal administration and losing support to implement

HE BANK AG, LO) Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2015 7:50 AM To: Daniel Sabba Subject: Faria: Brazil: Latest on Levy, fiscal, Petro - Finance Minister Joaquim Levy spoke for more than 7 hours at the Senate E=onomic Committee yesterday, explaining the importance and urgency of his f=scal adjustment plan. In the

Bloomberg Mobile MSG ---- Original Message ---- From: DIEGO FERNANDEZ, DEUTSCHE BANK SECURI At: 3/12/2015 17:34 [/JPETBRA UPDATE: Finance Minister Joaquim Levy ruled out the possibility o= Brazil's Treasury guaranteeing a bond backed by about BRL9bn owed to Petr=bras by Eletrobras, according to Bloomberg. W