Lula surpasses Bolsonaro in voting intentions among black people, end of the electoral campaign on television, meningitis outbreak and much more

VOTE: Lula and Bolsonaro are tied among white voters, but the PT member has more votes among brown and black voters, according to Datafolha. In Brazil, the combination of browns (42%) and blacks (15%) results in the majority of the electorate; whites are a minority (35%). (Folha de S. Paulo)
UNEMPLOYMENT: Brazil reaches lowest unemployment rate since 2015, but informality grows; country reaches record number of workers without a formal contract. Unemployment fell to 8,9% in the second half of this year. (G1)
CAMPAIGN: Election hours on television ended this Thursday (29). Saturday (1) also ends the motorcades, walks, marches, distribution of graphic material and content on the internet. (CNN)
HEALTH: Meningitis outbreak hits Brazil, due to low vaccination coverage. There are already four states in outbreak, apart from the isolated cases that have already appeared in others. Experts consider an outbreak when there are three or more cases of the same type within a period of 90 days in the same location. (THE GLOBE)
SCAMMER: Eduardo Cunha is called a scammer and says he will take away the PT again. During the presidential debate this Thursday (29), Lula called the former president of the Chamber a coup plotter and Cunha tweeted: “Lula must be listening to my jingle here in São Paulo, which says that I took Dilma and the PT out of power. power and if the PT returns I will fight to take it away again”. (Metropolises)
SPENT: Consolidated Public Sector ends August with a primary deficit of R$30,279 billion. The Central Bank (BC) released the data this Friday (30); the value is equivalent to 1,97% of GDP. Consolidated public sector data involves the central government, states, municipalities, and state-owned companies. They did not include Petrobrás, Eletrobras and public banks. (Value)