Civil servants staged significant strikes opposing this and other reforms. While general public credit card debt and inflation remained a challenge in 2004, Brazil's overall economy confirmed signs of growth and unemployment was down. Polls in Aug. 2004 shown that the majority of Brazilians supported Lula's hard financial reform initiatives. https://cyberzootopia.com/userinfo.php?com=profile&user=akilah.freeh-451694&from=space&mod=space&action=view