Things are going so well that AntonioPalocci, the finance minister, recently resurrected the unpopular idea of giving the central bank formal independence.
The top tip for the finance ministry is AntonioPalocci, the youngish former mayor of a city in Sao Paulo's farm belt, who now heads the transition team.
They will also pay close attention to AntonioPalocci, who oversaw Lula's embrace of market-friendly policies as his first finance minister and is part of Ms Rousseff's transition team.
He confirmed, almost as an afterthought, his top economic appointment: AntonioPalocci, a former mayor and a physician, who has a conciliatory manner and a commitment to fiscal responsibility.