Rousseff Targets 2013 Growth Revival as Brazil Election Looms

Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff, at the midpoint of her term, faces a pivotal year as she seeks to revive economic growth in preparation for an election run in October 2014.

With the economy advancing at a quarter of the pace she targeted shortly after taking office, her administration has enacted more than two stimulus measures a month in the past year. If the world’s biggest emerging market after China doesn’t rebound soon, Rousseff, 65, may face an electoral battle even though she currently enjoys a record approval rating.