Fears that Brazil’s economy minister, Paulo Guedes (the linchpin of the government’s reform agenda), might resign have flared up again this week, and we think that there is now a political risk premium of around 20bp on Brazilian sovereign dollar bond spreads. Meanwhile, the latest activity data support our view that the recovery in the region as a whole will lag behind other emerging markets.
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