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Brazil Lula economic reforms
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In July 2026 President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s Lula's government moved ahead with advanced two linked reforms. A legislative proposal (PLP 186/2026) will reforms: PLP 186/2026 to raise the annual revenue ceiling for Microempreendedor Individual (MEI) entities from the current R$ 81 000 to R$ 110 000 in 2027 and to R$ 140 000 in 2028, keeping small businesses them in the simplified Simples Nacional regime. New estimates from the The Finance Ministry put estimated the fiscal cost at about R$ 1.57 billion in 2027 and R$ 3.15 billion in 2028, lower than the earlier R$ 8.1 billion three‑year projection. projections. At the same time, time the administration outlined a series of minimum‑wage hikes. The hikes, moving the floor of from R$ 1 621 is projected to rise to roughly R$ 1 800 by 2027, with longer‑term scenarios reaching 2027 and potentially to about R$ 2 020 by 2030. The calculations follow 2030, based on the National Consumer Price Index (INPC) and a rule that combines inflation with GDP ties wage growth from two years earlier; recent INPC spikes to 5.3% driven by El Niño past inflation and food prices could push the estimate upward. Each real increase raises the purchasing power of low‑income workers GDP. While these measures aim to expand income support for micro‑entrepreneurs and enlarges linked benefits, but also adds millions of reais low‑wage workers, they add significant outlays to the federal budget, especially Social Security. Economists have warned that fiscal discipline will be needed required in 2027 to contain public debt 2027. In late July 2026 a group of economists and keep interest rates low, urging adjustments while Finance Minister Dario Durigan called for an explicit fiscal adjustment of roughly 2‑3 % of GDP in the reforms aim first year of Lula’s next term. Proposals include a two‑year freeze on real minimum‑wage growth and on inflation‑linked health and education spending, as well as cuts to expand income support mandatory expenditures to free space for micro‑entrepreneurs priority investments. The consensus stresses that a pragmatic, rather than ideological, public‑finance reform is needed to contain debt, lower interest rates, and low‑wage employees. preserve market confidence.
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