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Take it out, put it there

The government’s measures to try to alleviate inflation and stimulate the economy in an election year should bring forward the growth expected for 2023, but could leave a cursed legacy for next year, analysts say.

What explains: measures such as the ceiling for charging ICMS on fuel and energy and the end of federal taxes on gasoline should reduce inflation for this year.

• The increases in Auxílio Brasil and other benefits this year should encourage consumption and alleviate the economic downturn expected for the second half of the year.

• The measures should increase the pressure on prices next year, when taxes are levied again, and still leave a scenario of longer interest rates, debt growth and increased fiscal risk.

The effects of the measures calculated by the government and by banks:

Inflation: the Ministry of Economy revised downwards this year’s IPCA from 7.9% to 7.2%, but raised the 2023 IPCA from 3.6% to 4.5%. A similar move predicted by Santander, which lowered it from 9.5% to 7.9% in 2022, but raised the estimate for 2023, from 5.3% to 5.7%.

GDP: the government raised its growth estimate from 1.5% to 2% in 2022 and kept next year’s at 2.5%. Bradesco revised the increase from 1.5% to 1.8% this year, but reduced it from 0.3% to 0% in 2023.

Fees: The effort to curb inflation should be greater, so Santander’s estimate for the Selic rate rose from 13.50% to 14.25% this year, and from 10.5% to 12% in December 2023.

Nail polish fight

Two nail polish manufacturers have been fighting for eight years in court to use the names “madrugada”, “bombocado”, “ganache”, “brownie” and “rocambole”.

In justice: the TJ-SP won the case to Vult and forced Dailus to withdraw its nail polishes from the market and pay an indemnity of BRL 25 thousand.

• The brand said that in 2018 it collected the ‘bombocado’, ‘ganache’, ‘brownie’, ‘until dawn’ and ‘rocambole’ nail polishes, which came to have other names.

• Puella emphasizes that the colors used were absolutely different from the competitor and that “there was a clear misinterpretation” by the Justice.

In numbers: the two are located in a market that grew again this year in Brazil and should have a turnover of around BRL 1.8 billion ($333 million) in 2022.

take a break

• To watch “The King of Stonks” – on Netflix

The plot of the six-episode German comic series is set in a German fintech company about to go public on the Stock Exchange (IPO) and goes through the scandals that arise during this process.

At the center of the story are CableCash president Magnus Cramer (Matthias Brandt), treated as an opportunist and egomaniac, and fintech COO Felix Armand (Thomas Schubert), the brilliant mind of the company who wants to take over.

Much of the series’ humor is in Cramer, in which the production deposits all the startup clichés.

Inspired by real events? The creators of “King of the Stonks”, who are also responsible for “How to Sell Drugs on the Internet (Fast)”, say there is little inspiration in the Wirecard scandal, but that CableCash is a fictitious company.

• The German fintech was a leader in digital payments in the country and was valued at 24 billion euros (R$ 131 billion) before going bankrupt in 2020.

• At the time, its directors confessed that 1.9 billion euros (R$10.4 billion) in company assets (or 25% of cash) simply did not exist.

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