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Brazil: 2021 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Brazil
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International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
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IMF Staff Country Reports
Volume/Issue:
Volume 2021: Issue 217
Language:
English
Publication Date:
22 Sep 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513594910.002
ISBN:
9781513594910
ISSN:
1934-7685
Pages:
84
Keywords:
liability positions vis-à-vis nonresident; expenditure ceiling; money market rate; inflation expectation; headline inflation; Inflation; Fiscal stance; COVID-19; Global; Caribbean
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Economic performance has been much better than expected, in part due to the authorities’ forceful policy response. Nevertheless, Brazil’s long-standing challenges of low growth, high debt, and elevated levels of poverty and inequality have been exacerbated by the pandemic. Tragically, more than 550,000 Brazilians have died from COVID-19.
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Cover IMF Staff Country Reports
IMF Staff Country Reports
ISSN:
1934-7685
Publisher:
International Monetary Fund
Volume 2021: Issue 217