Changes to the methodology that Brazil uses to produce its balance of payments data have resulted in an even larger current account deficit. However, the impact on financial markets – and the currency in particular – is likely to be small. The new data primarily reflect changes to the way that the statisticians classify flows in and out of the country, rather than actual changes on the ground.
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