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SAO PAULO, Jan 10- Brazil's consumer inflation rate closed 2012 n ear the ceiling of the g overnment's t arget range d espite an economy that barely grew, s uggestin g p rice pressure wil l get even more intense if activity picks up as expected this year.
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BRASILIA, Jan 9- Brazil looks less vulnerable today to an energy crisis similar to one in 2001 that cut output at factories, lopped about a percentage point off economic growth, and led millions of people to spend their nights by candlelight.
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BRASILIA, Jan 9- The Brazilian government is willing to relax its fiscal discipline to prioritize economic growth in 2013, Treasury chief Arno Augustin told Reuters, backing away from one of the country's main economic policy pillars of the last decade.
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*Treasury chief says economy to determine fiscal policy. BRASILIA, Jan 9- The Brazilian government is willing to relax its fiscal discipline to prioritize economic growth in 2013, Treasury chief Arno Augustin told Reuters, backing away from one of the country's main economic pillars of the last decade.
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BRASILIA, Jan 9- Brazil looks less vulnerable today to an energy crisis similar to one in 2001 that cut output at factories, lopped about a percentage point off economic growth, and led millions of people to spend their nights by candlelight.
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SAO PAULO, Jan 8- Brazil's tax agency has in recent weeks slapped more than $3 billion in fines on leading companies which it says owe back taxes, in what some experts describe as an aggressive play for cash as the government struggles to meet its budget targets.
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BRASILIA, Jan 8- President Dilma Rousseff cut short her vacation on Tuesday to deal with a budding energy crisis that could wreck her efforts to restore vitality to Brazil's economy this year. Rousseff flew back to Brasilia on Tuesday and will sign off on steps to stem the crisis that energy officials are expected to propose on Wednesday.
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BRASILIA, Jan 7- Brazil is facing the possibility of widespread energy rationing for the first time since 2001 due to a hot, dry summer that has deprived hydroelectric dams of the water they need and driven up power consumption in stifling cities. Brazil's stock market shed 1.04 percent on Monday as rationing fears intensified.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 7- Just five years ago, Brazil's mostly "green" energy landscape was the envy of nations dependent on dirtier sources of power and the pride of a government that believed it was leading the country to economic superpower status.
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BRASILIA, Jan 7- Brazil is facing the risk of widespread energy rationing for the first time since 2001 due to a hot, dry summer that has deprived hydroelectric dams of the water they need and driven up power consumption in stifling cities. Brazil's stock market shed nearly 1 percent on Monday as rationing fears intensified.
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SAO PAULO, Jan 4- Brazil's Northeast is suffering its worst drought in decades, threatening hydro-power supplies in an area prone to blackouts and potentially slowing economic growth in one of the country's emerging agricultural frontiers.
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Jan 4- President Dilma Rousseff's big bet in 2013 is that Brazil has matured enough to escape from a financial straitjacket that markets have imposed since the 1990 s, when inflation soared beyond 2,000 percent and the state was virtually bankrupt.
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SAO PAULO, Jan 4- Brazil's Northeast is suffering its worst drought in decades, threatening hydro-power supplies in an area prone to blackouts and potentially slowing economic growth in one of the country's emerging agricultural frontiers.
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*Brazil's 2012 trade surplus down 35 pct from prior year. Brazil's trade surplus fell 35 percent to $19.44 billion from the prior year, the weakest performance since 2002, Trade Ministry data showed on Wednesday. Brazil's exports fell 5.3 percent to $242.58 billion in 2012, and imports dropped 1.4 percent to $223.14 billion.
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SAO PAULO, Dec 29- Brazil's government has proposed changes to a fiscal responsibility law that set the foundation for a decade of economic prosperity in Latin America's largest economy, two local newspapers said on Saturday.
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BRASILIA, Dec 24- Brazil's government said on Monday it would raise the statutory monthly minimum wage by an above-inflation 9 percent to 678 reais a month, a rise that comes at the end of a year of tepid economic growth. They must still be formally approved by Congress.
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BRASILIA, Dec 19- Brazil's government on Wednesday said it would extend payroll tax cuts already enjoyed by manufacturers to retailers, as President Dilma Rousseff seeks to revive an economy that remains stagnant despite more than a year of stimulus measures.
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SAO PAULO, Dec 19- Inflation in Brazil accelerated in the month to mid-December to its fastest monthly rate since May 2011 on higher housing and services prices, surpassing the central bank's forecasts as it tries to stimulate economic growth.
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SAO PAULO, Dec 18- Top global beef exporter Brazil has yet to contain the spread of international fears over mad cow disease that have now spilled into a large importer of Brazilian beef: Saudi Arabia.
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RIO DE JANEIRO/ BRASILIA, Dec 18- When President Dilma Rousseff took office just under two years ago, she pledged to "eliminate the obstacles that still inhibit the dynamism of our economy." Latin America's largest economy was rebounding from the global financial crisis, growing at an annual rate of 7.5 percent.