Poder360 anticipates what will be featured this week from October 24 to 31, 2022
O Power 360 brings this Monday (24.Oct.2022) a selection of issues that should mark the agenda of power and politics this week.
The Agenda of the Week is presented by the senior editor of Power 360 William Waltenberg.
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Last week of campaign
This is the last week before the 2nd round of elections. Next Sunday, October 30th, Brazilians will go to the polls to elect the next president of the republic and 12 governors.
the former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, from the PT, leads the polls. But the distance for the current president, Jair Bolsonaro, of the PL, is falling. On Friday, it varied from 2.6 to 8 percentage points.
On Friday, the 28th, there will be a debate of the 2 presidential candidates on TV Globo. Lula intends to rest in the previous 2 days. Bolsonaro, no.
The PT will hold a campaign closing rally on Wednesday, October 26, in São Paulo. Afterwards, he intends to prepare himself for the last debate.
The campaign wants Simone Tebet (MDB) participate in the event in São Paulo. She had 1.6 million votes in the state, 6.34% of the total. There is an expectation that if Lula is elected she will become a minister.
Bolsonaro will be in Brasilia this Monday, October 24. You will meet with industrialists. On Tuesday, October 25, he will go to Bahia. He will participate in an act in Guanambi and then in Barreiras, which is an agribusiness hub.
The 4th will be in Minas Gerais, with events in Teófilo Otoni in the morning and Uberlândia in the afternoon. On Thursday, he will go to Ribeirão Preto, in the interior of São Paulo. You will spend Friday in Rio, without commitments during the day. At night, he will have the debate with Lula.
Economic data
The week will have relevant indicators and decisions. On Tuesday, the IPCA-15 will be released, the preview of inflation. The index should be negative for the 3rd time in a row.
If so, it will indicate that October will be the 4th month of deflation. Even with a few days remaining before the election, it is expected to be used by the Bolsonaro campaign.
On Wednesday, the Central Bank will decide the new level of the Selic, the official interest rate. It should remain at 13.75%.
On Thursday, job creation by Caged and the level of unemployment by IBGE’s Pnad will be released. These will be favorable numbers.
Friday is Public Employee Day. In practice, it will be a holiday for those who work in Brasilia and in various parts of the country. There are cities and public institutions that have postponed the holiday to try to prevent an increase in abstention from voting in the 2nd round.
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