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Brazil’s fiscal shortfall sends currency plumbing new lows
A panic in Brazil’s financial markets has laid bare plummeting investor confidence in the fiscal policy of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, with his leftwing administration under intense pressure to fortify the public accounts of Latin America’s largest economy. The real dropped to a record low against the US dollar on Wednesday, leading to…