How is Brazil's economy doing? We have a lot to do, but Brazil is expe -riencing a magical economic moment. This global crisis hampered us, and I had to ask the people to buy more because the newspaper headlines almost created panic. But the economy grew 0.9% in the second quarter, and it can grow around 5% in 2010. We are developing a strong policy of income transfer to the poorest of the population. We made a commitment to build 1 million new houses for low-income [families]. We have almost $359 billion in infrastructure projects. From 1950 to 1980, Brazil grew at over 7% a year; one year 14%-more than China today. Nevertheless, what hap- pened? There was no income distribu-tion. The rich became even richer. The poor became very poor. Now we have reversed this game. We want to lever-age the poor. The better off the poor are, the more we improve the lives of the business community.
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