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Can Brazil Escape The Public Debt Trap?

by Juan Egana, Editor/Strategist   Arthur Budaghyan, Chief EM/China Strategist  

The new fiscal framework will fail to prevent the rise of the public debt-to-GDP ratio as it relies on overly optimistic revenue growth. A rising public debt-to-GDP ratio will lead to a widening fiscal risk premium in Brazilian financial markets. We are making two new recommendations: downgrade Brazilian sovereign credit from neutral to underweight, and go long Brazilian CDS / short Mexican CDS.

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