Old habits die hard in Brazil

Brazilian GDP growth was weaker than expected in Q3, while the breakdown dashed hopes that the economy is rebalancing away from consumption and towards investment. With the economy reaching the limits of its consumer-led growth model, GDP growth will continue to disappoint in 2014-15.

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