Levy Says Brazil Congress Vote Is Key as Budget Cuts Not Enough
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Brazil’s Finance Minister Joaquim Levy urged lawmakers to back tax increases and cuts to social benefits, saying last week’s spending freeze alone isn’t enough to shore up fiscal accounts.
“There are people who think everything is solved -- it isn’t,” he told reporters in Brasilia early Monday. “Our attention now has to be on this legislative agenda,” he said later in the day.