Brazil’s fiscal drama, weak regional recovery

Fears that Brazil’s economy minister, Paulo Guedes (the linchpin of the government’s reform agenda), might resign have flared up again this week, and we think that there is now a political risk premium of around 20bp on Brazilian sovereign dollar bond spreads. Meanwhile, the latest activity data support our view that the recovery in the region as a whole will lag behind other emerging markets.

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