The larger-than-expected 0.8% m/m drop in Brazilian industrial production in August more than offset July’s 0.7% m/m gain, but this was due in large part to a decline in notoriously-volatile food production. There is little reason to think that this is the start of a renewed downturn in the Brazil’s industrial sector.
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