Country Analysis: Brazil -- Guangchen Zhang, Yun Zhou

Agenda 1.  General information 2. Economic conditions 3. Political climate 4. Foreign investor considerations Our recommendation: ●  DO NOT invest in Brazil

General Information

Economic Conditions

Growth Forecast for 2015 ●  0.5% per year

Why? ●  High inflation ●  Tax ●  Gov Spending ●  Confidence

Inflation Forecast for 2015 ●  ~6% ●  high ●  declining slowly

Interest Rate

●  SELIC Rate = Policy Rate For 2015 ●  Raised by 0.5%

Capital inflow ●  FDI

Trade Balance Deficit

●  Import > Export

●  Capital inflow

Exchange Rate •  Floating FX

regime

Political Climate

Political Climate (Basic Info) ●  Presidential Federal Republic state ●  Multi-party state

●  President is both the head of the state and the government.

Political Climate (03-10) ●  Lula Administration

●  Improved social inclusion

○  declined poverty rate (37.5% to 20.9%) ○  declined extreme poverty rate (13.2% to 6.1%) ○  decreased income inequality with decreased Gini

coefficient (0.64 to 0.56)

Political Climate (11-present) ●  2011- Present (Rousseff Administration) ●  Relatively stable politics ●  Challenges faced:

○  2013 Mass Demonstrations ○  2014 World Cup ○  2016 Olympics

Political Climate ( Ranking)

Foreign Investor Considerations

Foreign Investor Considerations 1.  Government and law supports foreign investments 2.  Foreign Ownership allowed in Brazil (Possibly 100%)

○  fields with limitations: Aviation, telecommunication, media.

3.  Dividend repatriation allowed 4.  No expropriation actions or expropriation plans. 5.  No tax limitations or benefits for foreign investors.

FIC-Global Opportunity Index

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