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Brazil Gives In to Surging Currency

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Brazil shifts stance on the appreciation of its currency, the Real, as it approaches $1.60 to the dollar in April 2011. With inflation at 6.3% in March 2011, Finance Minister Mantega is seeing the benefits of a stronger currency in reducing the cost of imported goods. Brazil's currency, the Real, is appreciating as foreign money pours into Brazil because of growth prospects and because of the overnight interest rates of 11.75%. This will limit the use of capital controls that Mantega has used in the past. Since October Brazil triple taxes on foreign investment in local bonds.

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