{"id":411221,"date":"2026-06-01T11:17:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T14:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=411221"},"modified":"2026-06-01T11:17:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T14:17:20","slug":"imf-sees-brazil-resilient-amid-global-uncertainty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/imf-sees-brazil-resilient-amid-global-uncertainty\/","title":{"rendered":"IMF sees Brazil resilient amid global uncertainty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Brazil\u2019s economy has shown \u201cremarkable resilience\u201d in the face of global uncertainty, but \u201cmeaningful\u201d fiscal reforms will be essential to put public debt on a downward path. That assessment was released on Monday (1) by the International Monetary Fund (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imf.org\/en\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IMF<\/a>), whose mission met with Brazilian authorities from May 18 to 29 to assess the country\u2019s economic performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the final report signed by IMF mission chief for Brazil Daniel Leigh, the country is relatively shielded from global oil price increases for two reasons: it is a net exporter of oil and generates a large share of its energy from renewable sources such as hydropower and solar power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGrowth slowed in 2025, reflecting the effects of restrictive monetary policy and reduced fiscal support, which helped lower inflation. High-frequency indicators point to an economic recovery in early 2026 and we project growth to strengthen gradually to about 2.5 percent over the medium term,\u201d said Leigh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The IMF\u2019s assessment is that Brazil\u2019s economy benefits from sound public policies, a robust and well-capitalized financial system, \u201cadequate\u201d reserves, and a floating exchange rate regime, all of which support resilience in the face of instability. The challenge, however, remains reducing public debt, which stands at 80.4% of gross domestic product GDP, according to Brazil\u2019s Central Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To reduce debt, the Fund recommends saving revenues generated from oil production and pursuing an ambitious fiscal consolidation effort supported by reforms aimed at reducing tax expenditures. The report also assesses that structural reforms and the green transition agenda underpin the country\u2019s medium-term outlook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cContinued efforts to improve the business environment, foster competition, increase labor force participation, and advance decarbonization policies would further strengthen productivity, investment, and inclusive growth,\u201d the IMF said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Read more<\/em>:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/brazils-gdp-grows-1-1-in-the-first-quarter\/\">Brazil\u2019s GDP grows 1.1% in the first quarter<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An International Monetary Fund mission concluded that the country is managing the challenges posed by the international environment but needs to put its debt on a downward trajectory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2316,"featured_media":411201,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[9534,5194,1988,1964],"class_list":{"0":"post-411221","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-brazil-en","9":"tag-debt","10":"tag-imf","11":"tag-oil"},"wps_subtitle":"An International Monetary Fund mission concluded that the country is managing the challenges posed by the international environment but needs to put its debt on a downward trajectory.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411221"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":411223,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411221\/revisions\/411223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}