The purpose of this article is to show that access to indexed assets during the high inflation regime (1990-1993) was not evenly distributed among different states in Brazil. An index was elaborated to measure the access to indexed assets and the author concluded that some states had a lower...

This paper aims to outline the basis for a development strategy for Brazil. Therefore, it starts from some basic premises. First, there will be no development without social mobilization. Second, development is a planning result, in which the Government plays a key role. Besides, a development...

Inflation targeting and price-making in monetary economies: is it possible to conciliate growth with price stability? - Recently a number of countries have adopted explicit inflation targets as a guide for policy since a numerical target is attractive for anchoring inflation expectations....