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What Romeu Zema said about attribute growth of state debt to the rise in federal interest rates

Romeu Zema

Romeu Zema

March 2, 2026

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About: attribute growth of state debt to the rise in federal interest rates

Romeu Zema: that all the debt we carry today here in the State was incurred in the past.

Romeu Zema: If anyone can find a single cent of debt that I incurred, they won't find it.

And that debt has grown due to the high interest that the federal government charges Minas Gerais.

Romeu Zema · 13:32

Romeu Zema: Interest, IPCA plus 4%, which now, finally, with the Propag, which replaces the fiscal recovery regime, which is like a judicial recovery for the public sector, will fall to IPCA plus 1%.

Romeu Zema: Throughout my government, I governed with a rope around my neck, with regard to the financial situation.

Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence

Attributes the debt increase to the high interest charged by the federal government.

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