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Brazil: Real’s fate now lies with political developments

The fall in the real over the past couple of months means that, judged on macroeconomic fundamentals at least, the currency no longer looks overvalued. The big risk over the next six months is that the outcome of October’s elections deliver another blow to the real.

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