Brazil: 2021 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Brazil

September 22, 2021

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Brazil: 2021 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Brazil, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2021) accessed October 6, 2024

Summary

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.

Subject: COVID-19, Expenditure, Fiscal policy, Fiscal stance, Health, Inflation, International organization, Monetary policy, Prices, Public debt

Keywords: Caribbean, COVID-19, Expenditure ceiling, Fiscal stance, Global, Headline inflation, Inflation, Inflation expectation, Liability positions vis-à-vis nonresident, Money market rate

Publication Details

Pages:

84
Volume:

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DOI:

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Issue:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2021/217
Stock No:

1BRAEA2021001
ISBN:

9781513594910
ISSN:

1934-7685

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