Brazil’s central government ran a primary deficit of R$15.564 billion ($2.9 billion) in August, a smaller gap than markets expected and an improvement on August last year’s R$22.162 billion ($4.2 billion). Net revenue rose to R$174.192 billion ($32.9 billion), up 11.1% in real terms, while spending reached R$189.756 billion ($35.8 billion), up 5.3% in real […]
