Bolsonaro’s measures to contain inflation in an election year; listen to podcast

In an election year, the government of Jair Bolsonaro is dealing with at least two challenges in the economy: containing the rise in inflation, which has remained in double digits for seven months, and stimulating demand. From an economic point of view, the objectives are contradictory.

According to experts, economic activity has been stronger than expected, but the measures to combat inflation adopted so far serve more as a campaign speech than as a measure of relief for the consumer’s pocket.

This Monday’s episode (16) of Café da Manhã deals with the government’s difficulty in controlling the rise in prices in Brazil, analyzes the efficiency of the measures announced by Bolsonaro and discusses the impact of this on the electoral race. The speaker on the podcast is the reporter from Sheet Eduardo Cucolo.

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Café da Manhã is published from Monday to Friday, always at the beginning of the day. The episode is presented by journalists Daniel Castro and Magê Flores, with production by Jéssica Maes, Laila Mouallem and Victor Lacombe. Sound editing is by Thomé Granemann.