Brazil: 2021 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Brazil
September 22, 2021
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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.
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
Pages:
84
Volume:
2021
DOI:
Issue:
217
Series:
Country Report No. 2021/217
Stock No:
1BRAEA2021001
ISBN:
9781513594910
ISSN:
1934-7685
