2021 Brazil Economic Conference
Discover essential insights into Brazil's current and future economic landscape.
Gain exclusive insights into Brazil’s economy and connect with key decision-makers at the Brazil Economic Conference.
Organized annually since 1988, the Brazil Economic Conference is the premier event providing in-depth analysis and forward-looking perspectives on Brazil’s economic and regulatory landscape.
Held in October in Washington, DC alongside the fall meetings of the World Bank and IMF, the conference convenes key stakeholders, including Brazil’s Minister of Finance, Central Bank President, and senior diplomats, as well as leading investors, bankers, and corporate executives. The event serves as a key platform for strategic dialogue on Brazil’s macroeconomic conditions, investment climate, and bilateral economic relations with the United States.
The Brazil Economic Conference is regarded as the premier forum for gaining strategic insight into Brazil’s economic trajectory.
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2021
Brazil Economic Conference
Brazil faces several economic challenges. This year’s Brazil Economic Conference focused on three central themes:
- International trade and investment;
- Infrastructure investment; and
- Inflation and all that goes with it on the monetary and fiscal fronts.
These themes are on a collision-course with the 2022 general elections.
On the trade front, the promise of a more open Brazil ran into the pandemic, especially protectionist policies undertaken by other countries in reaction to COVID-19. The Brazilian government seems poised to push for more opening. Foreign investment took a dip over the last two years but appears to have started a recovery. Several initiatives are needed to ensure continued recovery. One of the priorities, as always, is infrastructure investment. The Brazilian government has returned to auctioning concessions and assets and passed important legislation, especially in oil and gas. Finally, Brazil has not escaped the inflationary consequences of emergency fiscal and monetary expansion. Questions on whether the government will stick to fiscal rules, especially in light of the appearance of a large stock of unpaid judicial ruling debt (precatórios), have arisen. The Central Bank of Brazil continues to tighten, but how far will it have to go?
We had great discussions with key policymakers, market participants, and private sector investors and heard what lies ahead.
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Panel I
Panel II
Brazil Economic and Political Outlook*
MODERATOR:
- Paulo Vieira da Cunha, Partner, VERBANK Consulting, LLC
SPEAKERS:
- Gustavo Franco, Former President, Central Bank of Brazil, Managing Partner, Rio Bravo Investimentos S.A.
- Isaias Coelho, Special Advisor, Ministry of the Economy (Brazil)
- Thiago de Aragão, Partner, ArkoAdvice
* Discussion of the current economic and political outlook in Brazil by economists, analysts, and political consultants
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