Chapter Thirteen: The Brazilian economic recession and stagnation and an Agenda to ensure macroeconomic stability and social development

Fernando Ferrari Filho 1 , 2       1 Department of Economics, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil      2 National Council of Scientific and Technological Development, Brasília, Brazil

Abstract

The chapter has two objectives: first, it describes and analyses the Brazilian economic recession, 2015 and 2016, and stagnation, 2017 and 2018; and, second, it outlines an Agenda able of restoring macroeconomic stability and social development, defined as sustainable economic growth, controlled inflation, fiscal and external equilibria, and income distribution.

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