A weather-related collapse in agricultural production is the main reason for Brazil’s desperately weak growth in the first quarter of this year. These effects will be temporary and should reverse over the course of this year. But even so, our below-consensus forecast for growth of just 2.5% in 2012 as a whole may still prove to be too optimistic. More policy stimulus now seems likely.
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