The Brazilian president’s decision to sack the Petrobras CEO last Friday points to greater government intervention in the economy and could be a prelude to a looser fiscal stance too. This suggests that the country’s financial markets are likely to remain under pressure and makes an interest rate hike at the next Copom meeting in March increasingly likely.
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