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Taking stock of Brazil’s 'currency war'

Last night’s warning by the Brazilian Finance Minister, Guido Mantega, that an ‘international currency war’ has broken out has grabbed some predictable headlines. We discussed the issue of rapid currency appreciation in Latin America in a recent Focus (See Latin America Focus, Capital Controls back on the agenda, 2nd September.) In the case of Brazil, however, three points are worth noting.

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