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Weekly Report - 15 January 2009 (ISSN 1741-7422)
BRAZIL: Lula promises economic stimulus
President Lula da Silva said in his first speech of 2009 that the
government will boost investments in the first quarter to prop up key productive
sectors, amid growing signs of a sharp deceleration in the real economy. The
promise came as Lula forecast a “worrying" first quarter during his weekly radio
programme Café com o Presidente.
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