Vinicius Andrade

Brazil's central bank stepped into currency markets amid a selloff driven by the nation's deteriorating fiscal outlook.

El Banco Central de Brasil intervino en los mercados de divisas en medio de una ola de ventas impulsada por el deterioro de las perspectivas fiscales del país.

(Bloomberg) -- Brazil markets fell on Friday, capping a turbulent week for Latin America's largest economy that saw its currency post some of the sharpest gains — and some of the sharpest losses — among global peers in the aftermath of an outsize interest rate hike and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's sudden health crisis.

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First it was a collapse in the currency. Now the rest of Brazil’s financial markets are in the cross-hairs as investors lose faith in the government’s ability to contain a deepening fiscal crisis.

(Bloomberg) -- First it was a collapse in the currency. Now the rest of Brazil's financial markets are in the cross-hairs as investors lose faith in the government's ability to contain a deepening fiscal crisis.

The selloff that sent the real plunging to a record low is engulfing everything from stocks to local-currency debt to dollar bonds, with traders even piling into hedges against a sovereign default.

As the currency craters in Brazil, thrusting the country’s markets into the international spotlight for the first time in years, a grim reality is setting in for top economic aides to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. They are, they fear, powerless to do much to stop the panic.

(Bloomberg) -- As the currency craters in Brazil, thrusting the country’s markets into the international spotlight for the first time in years, a grim reality is setting in for top economic aides to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. They are, they fear, powerless to do much to stop the panic.Most Read from BloombergNYPD Car Chases Are Becoming More Frequent — and More DangerousNew York City’s Historic Preservation Movement Is Having a Midlife CrisisDakar’s Air Quality Plummets as Saharan Dust

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