Article: Brazil Isn't Argentina, but Even A Serra Victory Might Not Help.(economic profile of Brazil)

By alluding to the possibility that Brazil could follow Argentina into default if the Worker's Party candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva wins the presidential election, the ruling Social Democratic Party may have thought it was helping the cause of its own candidate, Jose Serra.

But the move seems to have backfired - the possibility of Brazil going Argentina's way has instead further spooked the already stressed and irrational markets, which have been in a tailspin since the end of April. Persistent volatility has put pressure on local interest rates, the real, and foreign debt prices; the benchmark C-bonds plummeted to a June low of 57 from over 80 in the first ...

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