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A PMI puzzle, Brazil’s GDP oddities & budget

A string of eye-catching economic data releases this week has fuelled yet more optimism about the strength of Brazil’s recovery. But digging into the details suggests that there may be less to some of these figures than meets the eye. And more generally, with the virus continuing to spread rapidly and fiscal largesse set to be unwound, it seems inevitable that the economic recovery will soon lose steam.

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