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Transaction bankingSeptember 28 2010

High rates put the spotlight on Brazil

Fuelled by high interest rates, the strength of the Brazilian currency should be thwarting growth, but Brazil is not your typical emerging economy, reports Silvia Pavoni.
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High rates put the spotlight on BrazilBrazil's minister of finance, Guido Mantega, at the G-20 summit in June

Click here to watch Silvia Pavoni, investment editor, and Brian Caplen, editor of The Banker discuss the effects of a strong Brazilian real and high interest rates on the largest Latin American economy.

With arguably the highest interest rate in the world at 10.75% and a local currency, the real, that this year reached a peak in the second quarter of 1.9 reals to the US dollar, Brazil is not your typical emerging market.

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Silvia Pavoni is editor in chief of The Banker. Silvia also serves as an advisory board member for the Women of the Future Programme and for the European Risk Management Council, and is part of the London council of non-profit WILL, Women in Leadership in Latin America. In 2019, she was awarded an honorary fellowship by City University of London.
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