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Brazil’s FX reserve plan doesn’t stack up

Concerns that “super minister” Paulo Guedes’ plan to reduce the Brazilian government’s interest payments by selling FX reserves would increase external vulnerabilities look overdone. However, the plan would only make a minor dent in the country’s fiscal problem.

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