# Brazil’s Flavio Bolsonaro vows debt ceiling if elected president

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- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-26 20:13 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/26/brazils-flavio-bolsonaro-to-institute-debt-ceiling-if-elected-president?traffic_source=rss

> An economic adviser to Flavio Bolsonaro says the Brazilian presidential candidate would impose a public debt ceiling if he wins in October. Excessive debt would automatically trigger spending cuts, a move intended to strengthen fiscal credibility but criticised for potentially restricting crisis spending and social programmes.