Bloomberg - Estados Unidos

From Brazil to Mexico, banks tighten faster than global peers. Unstable politics and off-the-books economies limit the impact

16:21 - Brazilian assets tumbled on Wednesday, leading global losses, as President Jair Bolsonaro’s fiery rhetoric in protests the day before prompted a harsh response from the nation’s top court and muddied the country’s political and economic outlook.

The former leader on vaccines is now focusing on boosters to protect the vulnerable after cases rose to a record.

The euro-area economy expanded faster than previously reported in the second quarter, bolstered by a surge in consumer spending.

16:04 - Mexico has begun a process of refinancing state-owned Petroleos Mexicanos’s debt, after the nation received a transfer of about $12 billion from the International Monetary Fund.

More than 1 billion Asians are set to join the global middle class by 2030, according to a new study that predicts the pandemic will prove just a temporary pause in the world economy’s great demographic shift.

18:00 - Australia’s economic resilience in the wake of China’s efforts to punish it for diplomatic slights has some Down Under declaring victory. They might be speaking too soon.

16:44 - President Joe Biden sought to reassure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that the U.S. would counter Russian hostility toward his country as the leaders met for the first time on Wednesday at the White House.

13:44 - China’s top oil producer is laying the groundwork to revive output in Venezuela as President Nicolas Maduro finalizes legislation to attract more international investment.