Brazil’s political crisis, Mexico’s austere budget

It’s been a rollercoaster week in Brazilian politics and financial markets and, while investors have breathed a small sigh of relief in the past day or so, we think that they will be put under further pressure as the 2022 election nears. Elsewhere, Mexico's austere 2022 budget unveiled this week suggests that fiscal policy will continue to do very little to support the economy, which reinforces our view that Mexico's recovery will underperform most of its regional peers.
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