历史上，罗塞夫的劳工党（Worker’s Party）一直拒绝给予巴西央行正式的独立地位，而她在选战中一直打着鲜明的民粹主义旗号，认为把巴西央行的独立会导致过多的控制权落入私人银行家之手。
Historically, Rousseff’s Workers’ Party (PT) has resisted giving the bank formal autonomy, and she has played a distinctly populist card during the campaign, arguing that BCB autonomy would hand too much control to private bankers.