Miriam Azevedo de Almeida Leitão (born 7 April 1953) is a Brazilian journalist and television presenter.

She was reporter on diplomatic affairs at Gazeta Mercantil and editor of the economics desk at Jornal do Brasil.

After leaving Jornal Hoje, Leitão became Bom Dia Brasil's economics commentator, substituting Ana Paula Padrão.

[4] During the International Financial Crisis, on June 29, 2009, Miriam Leitão wrote the following about the then Minister Guido Mantega's growth forecast of 4.5% of 2010 GDP: “He made a statement that in 2010 Brazil is prepared to grow 4.5%.

In fact, the high growth of 7.5% that year was above the GDP potential and made inflation move away from the center of the target during the entire term of President Dilma Rousseff.