Rafael S. M. Ribeiro is a Professor of Economics at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) and a researcher at Made. Rafael S. M. Ribeiro é professor de economia na Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais e pesquisador do Centro de Pesquisa em Macroeconomia das Desigualdades – Made/USP.

July 17, 2024

Analysis

Why So High?

The institutional challenges of Brazil's interest rate policy

, Rafael Ribeiro

The clashes between Lula and Campos Neto illustrate something of the complex and controversial issue of interest-rate setting in Brazil.