Population
Jul 2026 · IBGE
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GDP growth
Q2 2026 · YoY · IBGE
USD / BRL
2026-09-18 · Banco Central do Brasil
Selic
04/11/2026 · Banco Central do Brasil
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Latest economy & market coverage
Economy
Brazil Enacts National Policy for Critical and Strategic Minerals
Brazil’s new critical-minerals policy establishes a council to set priorities and a suite of financing and traceability tools. Its practical reach will depend on regulations still to be issued.
Economy
Brazil’s 2025/26 grain harvest estimated at a record 361.7 million tonnes
Brazil’s food-supply agency Conab estimates that the country will produce a record 361.7 million tonnes of grains and oilseeds in the 2025/26 harvest, 2.6% more than a year earlier.
Business
Brazil sanctions tax regime designed to attract data-center investment
Brazil has created Redata, a special tax regime for data-center projects that covers cloud computing, high-performance computing and artificial-intelligence workloads while imposing local-market and sustainability requirements on beneficiaries.