UPDATE 1-Brazil budget surplus hike shows solid control-IMF
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A decision by Brazil to raise its budget surplus target shows the government had &quot;solid control&quot; of the country&#39;s economic needs, an International Monetary Fund official said on Thursday.
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Recent increases in defense spending by Brazil and Venezuela are attracting observers' attention.
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Sifting through the best investments Brazil has to offer.
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Shares in Brazil's leading stock exchange surge after listing for the first time.
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Consumer prices rose 7.6 percent in 2004 in Brazil last year, the lowest rate of inflation in four years for South America's largest economy, the government said Friday.
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The governor of Brazil's Central Bank is given cabinet status despite facing allegations of tax evasion.
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Brazil&#39;s government got a big boost Friday when the new head of the International Monetary Fund praised its economic policy and economists raised their growth forecast for the continent&#39;s largest economy.
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Brazil&#39;s debt rating was raised by Moody&#39;s Investors Service for the first time since 2000 as a surge in exports gives the country more hard currency to pay its foreign bonds.
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Washington - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on forecast Wednesday a substantial jump in economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa this year and next, saying the outlook for the region was better than in years.
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The UK's public finances improve in October, with a surplus of Â£8.4bn on the widest measure of borrowing.
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Global finance chiefs on Saturday made progress on reforms that would give emerging economies a greater say in the International Monetary Fund and expressed confidence they could seal a deal next year.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Ottawa confirms federal budget surplus of &#36;9.1 billion.
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Antonio Palocci, a doctor from Brazil's farm belt, has found himself presiding as the country's finance minister during the most robust economic expansion in a decade.
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The District government has achieved a budget surplus of more than $300 million for the third year in a row, thanks to higher-than-expected revenues and lower-than-expected spending last year, city officials announced this morning.
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Japan&#39;s current account surplus expanded 8.2 percent in July from a year earlier for its 13th consecutive month of growth, the government said Thursday.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - President Luiz Inacio Lula da   Silva expanded a wide margin over the main rival in Brazil's   presidential race, strengthening his chance of being reelected   in a first round vote, a poll showed on Tuesday.
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OTTAWA (CP) - The federal government is on pace to record a budget surplus of at least &#36;8.9 billion when the fiscal year ends in March, Finance Minister Ralph Goodale announced Tuesday.