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        <title><![CDATA[Martha Beck - Economy Ministry Reporter]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Martha Beck is a reporter for Bloomberg News in Brasilia covering Brazil's central bank and finance ministry. She was a reporter and editor for O Globo.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Brazil Central Bank Says It’s Alert to Greater Price Pressures]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Martha Beck]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 12:32:45 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Brazil Posts Biggest Monthly Budget Deficit Since Covid-19 Pandemic]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:12:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Banco do Brasil Shareholders Approve Plan to Boost Capital Limit]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Brazil Cuts Rate Despite Faster Inflation, Resilient Economy ]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:35:07 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The Central Bank of Brazil in Brasilia, Brazil, on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. Brazil&apos;s central bank governor Galipolo said during a presser on new rules for payment companies that the stricter regulation approved by Brazil’s central bank is aimed at fighting organized crime, not financial institutions.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Brazil Central Bank Set for Meek Rate Cut as Inflation Limits Options]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lula to Unveil $20 Billion Debt Relief Plan Ahead of Election]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:16:59 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Brazil Blocks Polymarket, Kalshi Over ‘Illegal Betting’]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:48:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Brazil Seeks New Measures to Tame War Impact on Fuels]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 21:55:25 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mercosur to Reconsider Venezuela’s Membership, Brazil Says]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Brazil Treasury Sees Room for More Foreign-Exchange-Linked Debt]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:50:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Peru Central Bank Chief Says Premature to Hike Rates Over War]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 18:25:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Brazil Activity Tops Forecast as Economy Weathers High Rates]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:15:56 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Brazil Finance Minister Durigan Sees Prolonged War Forcing Central Banks to Act]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:59:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Brazil Deposit Guarantor Holds Off on BRB Loan Amid Banco Master Risk]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Cristiane Lucchesi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:21:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Brazilians to Tap Severance Fund for Debt Relief, Minister Says]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Gamarski]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 13:52:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Brazil Expands Fuel Tax Cuts, Subsidies as Iran War Carries On]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 21:44:44 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A worker at a Petrobras gas station in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Thursday, May 16, 2024. Brazil&apos;s president shook up the leadership of Petrobras, the nation&apos;s state-owned oil company, by firing the chief executive officer and one of his top deputies after months of sparring.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Leftist Mello Gets Planning Job, Ending Brazil Central Bank Talk]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:29:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Banco de Brasilia Rescue Hangs on Concessions by Its Owner]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Matheus Piovesana]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:02:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Banco do Brasil Weighs Farmer Relief Amid War, Capital Risk]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 19:29:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Brazil Economists Lift Inflation Forecasts Through 2028 as Outlook Dims]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:26:21 GMT</pubDate>
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