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Fiscal rules in response to the crisis – Toward the “Next-Generation” rules. A new dataset by Andrea Schaechter, Tidiane Kinda, Nina Budina, and Anke Weber published by IMF (7/2012). “Strengthening fiscal frameworks, in particular fiscal rules, has emerged as…

Os municípios bilionários em 2012 por François E. J. de Bremaeker, publicado no Observatório de  Informações Municipais. “Dos 5.563 Municípios que escolherão novos Prefeitos e Vereadores neste ano, 47 deles (0,87% do total) apresentam receitas bilionárias…Quanto à receita orçamentária…

Emerging markets – Dream on? published by The Economist. “The big emerging economies may never again grow as fast as they did after 2003. But the BRICs scenarios did not assume they all would. In its latest projections, released…

Emerging markets – The great slowdown published by The Economist. “In the past decade emerging markets have established themselves as the world’s best sprinters…This week the Internacional Monetary Fund sharplu cut its growth forecast for three of the four…

Brazil: 2012 Article IV Consultation -Staff report published by IMF. “After strong growth in 2012, the Brazilian economy has slowed down, reflecting past policy tightening to contain inflation risks and, more recently, the weaker external environment. Domestic rebalancing would…

Capital flows, international imbalances and economic policies in Latin America by Luiz Fernando de Paula, Fernando Ferrari-Filho and Aline M. Gomes (07/2012). “This paper aims at analyzing the causes and consequences of the recent capital flows boom to Latin…