Better PMI won’t prompt ceasefire in Brazil’s “currency war”

The manufacturing PMI survey suggests that after a torrid 2011, Brazilian industry stabilised in the first quarter of this year. But in truth the link between the manufacturing PMI and actual output is not particularly strong. And in any case, signs that conditions have merely stabilised will not be sufficient to prompt a ceasefire in Brazil’s “currency war”.

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