Brazil raises intervention stakes

Brazil’s finance minister Guido Mantega was a keynote speaker at the Brazil Summit conference in New York on April 26, where he reviewed Brazil’s significant successes over the past eight years and the government’s optimistic long-term outlook for the Brazilian economy. He also delved into the previous weekend’s G-20 meetings, where he stated that exit strategies were the focus of discussions. He pointed out that market concerns over mounting sovereign debt was prompting a shift in many of the