Central Bank Governor of the year 1999: Fraga’s quiet revolution

When Armínio Fraga quit his job at Soros Fund Management to become Brazil's central banker he was dubbed a "poacher turned gamekeeper". But he is no stranger to the public sector. With stability restored he is now modernizing Brazil's finance sector. Brian Caplen reports

Finance minister of the year: Staying tough in a crisis

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Armínio Fraga Neto is famous for being parachuted into Brazil at the time of the currency crisis, for getting quickly to grips with urgent policy decisions and for soothing investors’ nerves with his market-friendly language. With Brazil now in a much better macroeconomic position than was expected six months ago, these are all good reasons for making Fraga Euromoney‘s central bank governor of the year.

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