The renewed focus of the Brazilian authorities on raising investment suggests a growing acceptance that the slump in growth over the past year or so has been driven in part by structural factors. Raising investment will be crucial to restoring growth to its previous rates of 4-5%. But this can only be done in a sustainable way if domestic savings also increase and will require a radical shift in Brazil’s economic model that we fear will be harder to achieve than many seem to expect.
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