How big a threat is Brazil’s drought to the recovery?

For now, it seems unlikely that the drought affecting Brazil will hit hydropower production hard enough to cause disruptions to electricity supply and broader economic activity. But the drought does pose a risk to the outlook for inflation (and possibly the public finances too), which might make the central bank more inclined to raise interest rates further than we currently expect.

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