Brazil’s deteriorating fiscal position had already caused foreign currency bond yields to rise by 100bp this year and we do not expect any ratings downgrades in the coming weeks to have much of an immediate impact. That being said, with US Treasury yields set to rise, and risk appetite likely to wane, we think that yields will rise to 7.0-7.5% in the next eighteen months from 5.8% currently.
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