The surge in Brazil’s exports since the start of the pandemic has helped the economy recover more quickly than we and most others had anticipated. And unlike previous spikes in exports, some of the windfall has been saved, which has caused the current account deficit to narrow and provided support to the currency. But these developments are likely to go into reverse over the second half of the year.
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