Beyondbrics is giving you the opportunity to put these and any other questions to Henrique Meirelles, head of the central bank throughout president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s eight years in power.

[UPDATE] Thank you for all your questions to Alexei Ulyukayev, the deputy head of Russia’s central bank. His answers will appear on beyondbrics later this week (late September).

Beyondbrics presents a chart of inflation in 4 emerging economies along with their responses. Fastest to act was India, which has now seen at least a leveling, if not fall in inflation.

Of the Chinese bank stock buys, the folks at beyondbrics note the last time China stepped in to buy the lenders was September 2008 - the stock market bottomed shortly afterwards. Off 28% this year ...