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BRICs Fading, Fragile Five Trending?

Judging by two recent articles in The Economist, the term Fragile Five is trending as the techies say, while one does not see BRICs quite as much… Eike Batista’s assets The great X-it Foreign firms are buying most bits of the Brazilian mogul’s fallen empire Feb 22nd 2014 | SÃO PAULO | From the print edition Seeking redemptionContinue reading “BRICs Fading, Fragile Five Trending?”

The Economist on Emerging Markets, Locus of Extremity

The Economist magazine recently covered Emerging Markets exchange rate issues THE central bank of Turkey boasts an impressive art collection, including a canvas by Erol Akyavas entitled “Locus of Extremity”. That was pretty much where the central bank found itself at midnight on January 28th. Turkey’s currency, the lira, had fallen by 13% againstContinue reading “The Economist on Emerging Markets, Locus of Extremity”

The Economist – Has Brazil Blown It?

FOUR years ago this newspaper put on its cover a picture of the statue of Christ the Redeemer ascending like a rocket from Rio de Janeiro’s Corcovado mountain, under the rubric “Brazil takes off”. The economy, having stabilised under Fernando Henrique Cardoso in the mid-1990s, accelerated under Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the earlyContinue reading “The Economist – Has Brazil Blown It?”

What is distinctively Brazilian about Start Ups?

As a Stanford grad immersed in the start up culture of Silicon Valley in the late 90s when I was getting my law degree, the question of what is distinctively Brazilian about start ups intrigues me. Any thoughts from our readers? (The article below is from The Economist, April 20, 2013) Start-ups in BrazilContinue reading “What is distinctively Brazilian about Start Ups?”

The Economist on Brazil inflation

Growth rates and interest rates not fully aligned in Brazil? An issue for Brazil’s leadership: Inflation in Brazil Behind the curve The Central Bank acts belatedly to bring prices back under control Apr 20th 2013 | SÃO PAULO A CENTRAL bank knows it has lost control of inflation expectations when price rises become the subject ofContinue reading “The Economist on Brazil inflation”