Fitch Ratings has identified Brazil’s public finance sustainability and its primary fiscal target as key concerns for 2024. Todd Martinez, co-director of sovereign ratings for the Americas at Fitch, emphasized the potential negative impact on Brazil’s economy if the government loosens its fiscal discipline. Martinez pointed out Brazil’s growing debt and the absence of a […]
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