Brazil’s election: the state of play one month out

Brazil’s presidential election race has tightened sharply, with polls now pointing to a close run-off between Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro. The candidates offer markedly different economic and foreign policy agendas, with a Bolsonaro victory likely to bring a more market-friendly policy mix and closer relations with the US. But either candidate would face mounting pressure to make a large fiscal adjustment after the election.

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