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Brazil markets panic over Bolsonaro government’s fiscal juggling act

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazilian financial markets ended a week of panic over the juggling act of Jair Bolsonaro's government to break the spending ceiling, which has led to the resignation of high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Economy.

The São Paulo stock market index Ibovespa, already down 2.75% on Thursday, closed down 7.3% for the week and 1.34% on Friday, recovering slightly after falling 4.5% during the session amid growing uncertainty over the fiscal direction of Latin America's largest economy.

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