The economic team is monitoring the unfolding of the crisis at the Credit Suisse bank, which affects the financial market across the planet, said this Wednesday (15) the Minister of Finance, Fernando Haddad. In a quick conversation with journalists, Haddad informed that he and the team are in contact with the president of the Central Bank, Roberto Campos Neto, to assess possible impacts on Brazil.
On Tuesday (14), the Swiss financial institution revealed that it had identified “significant weaknesses” in its accounting and control procedures in the last two years, which led to the fall of the shares. European stock exchanges had the worst day in a year.
Turbulence at Credit Suisse occurs days after two California banks linked to tech startups failedwhich has generated instability in the financial market since the end of last week.
Tax framework
Haddad also informed that the draft bill of the new fiscal framework that will replace the spending ceiling has already been sent to the Civil House. “It’s already on the Planalto”, said the minister to journalists, upon returning to the Ministry of Finance after following the inauguration of the new minister of the Federal Audit Court (TCU), Jhonatan de Jesus.
This afternoon, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said that he had not yet seen the text and informed that he intends to make a decision before his official trip to China, scheduled for the next 24th. Civil, Rui Costa, said that the draft of the supplementary bill will be analyzed later this week.
Completed by the Ministry of Finance two weeks ago, the proposal for the new fiscal framework was presented to the Ministry of Planning, which completed the analyzes last weekbefore heading to the Planalto Palace.
