Investors sceptical of Rousseff's options for Brazil finance chief


  • World
  • Tuesday, 21 Oct 2014

Brazil's President and Workers' Party (PT) presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff takes part in a TV debate in Sao Paulo, October 19, 2014. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Whoever President Dilma Rousseff picks to head Brazil's finance ministry if she is re-elected on Sunday will likely get a cold welcome from investors, who are sceptical that the leftist leader will stop dictating policy herself.

Guido Mantega, Brazil's longest-serving finance minister, plans to step down at the end of December after more than eight years on the job. His replacement faces the daunting task of breathing life into an economy grappling with slow growth, rising consumer prices and deteriorating public finances.

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