Civil servants staged large strikes opposing this together with other reforms. Though public credit card debt and inflation remained a dilemma in 2004, Brazil's overall economy showed indications of growth and unemployment was down. Polls in Aug. 2004 shown that almost all of Brazilians supported Lula's rough financial reform efforts. https://gemstonic.com/userinfo.php?com=profile&do=profile&from=space&user=raina_verdin_451694