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First thoughts on Dilma's first week

Although it is still very early days, Brazil’s new president, Dilma Rousseff, has made tackling the recent pick-up in inflation an immediate priority. But with cuts in public spending now looking likely, it is not clear that this will necessarily require the aggressive interest rate hikes that the market now expects.

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