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The financial crisis and Brazil pt.III: exporters, currency

After the Federal Reserve’s US$30bn credit loaned to the Brazilian Central Bank up until April 30 2009, aimed at easing a shortage of dollars, markets and investors appeared to have regained confidence.

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Soy, Sertao, China

images-11.jpeg Article focusing on the largest soy producer in the Sertao  and a look at the record Chinese imports of the bean. Graph below showing projections of soy bean exports for the US and Brazil.

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source: mongabay.com based on USDA data