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This 7 page report discusses the issues Brazil faced when its president made the decision to float the county’s currency, the “real,” and both the immediate outcomes as well as those in the long term. Questions answered in the report include: What were the main factors requiring a change in the nations currency; what was the overall plan and goals for restructuring; how did the economy of Brazil look at the end of its first two quarters; what impacts were felt by the United States; and, did the changes actually help Brazil. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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nations (and the citizens of nations sharing their borders) very uncomfortable. By the autumn of 1998, it appeared that the Asian and Southeast Asia economic crisis were migrating to
other nations. The economic problems that began in earnest in Asia in 1997, leveled the Russian economy and moved on to threaten Latin American countries. The nation facing one of
the worst of national fiscal horror stories was that of Brazil. In fact, Brazil found itself under siege by panicked foreign investors, its incumbent president just as 67-year-old Fernando Henrique
Cardosa was re-elected with 56 percent of the vote on October 4, 1998. By the spring of 1999, Business Week (3/22/99) described Brazil as being in dire economic
circumstances and that the situation was expected to worsen. After President Cardoso allowed the currency to float on exchange markets on January 12, 1999, there was a 35% drop in
currency value. Although there has been some recovery since Brazilian interest rates were raised to punitive levels, the country still must develop more fiscal and monetary policies that are acceptable
to the market. There is a particular need for fiscal discipline in order to prevent hyperinflation. A currency board has been proposed, but this proposal has its critics.
The fear throughout the world markets has been that Brazils economy, considered to be either the eighth or the ninth largest in the world
(depending on which agency figures are used), might become even more vulnerable to the devaluation bug that has already attacked much of the world. Brazils problems could then cause it
to default on its debts, as well affect its regional neighbors and business partners. Business Week also reported that many average Brazilians preparing for what they feared could be the
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