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Brazil’s Covid-19 crisis & the mounting economic toll

The continued rapid spread of the coronavirus through Brazil means that the economy will pull out of its slump more slowly than in many other emerging markets. And with the crisis challenging the government’s stability, the risks are skewed towards further falls in the real over the next few months.

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