Traders on the phone on 20 June 2002 at the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange (Bovespa) in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Rating agency Moody's Investors Service said 20 June 2002 it had cut its outlook for Brazil's foreign currency credit ratings to "negative" from "stable" because of deteriorating investor sentiment. Investors' confidence has been undermined by "perceived uncertainties associated with the outcome of the October election," the agency said, "despite the present government's maintenance of a sound macroeconomic policy mix." Photo AFP
Traders on the phone on 20 June 2002 at the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange (Bovespa) in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Rating agency Moody's Investors Service said 20 June 2002 it had cut its outlook for Brazil's foreign currency credit ratings to "negative" from "stable" because of deteriorating investor sentiment. Investors' confidence has been undermined by "perceived uncertainties associated with the outcome of the October election," the agency said, "despite the present government's maintenance of a sound macroeconomic policy mix." Photo AFP
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William Pesek
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Updated: 9:01am, 19 Aug, 2018

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Traders on the phone on 20 June 2002 at the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange (Bovespa) in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Rating agency Moody's Investors Service said 20 June 2002 it had cut its outlook for Brazil's foreign currency credit ratings to "negative" from "stable" because of deteriorating investor sentiment. Investors' confidence has been undermined by "perceived uncertainties associated with the outcome of the October election," the agency said, "despite the present government's maintenance of a sound macroeconomic policy mix." Photo AFP
Traders on the phone on 20 June 2002 at the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange (Bovespa) in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Rating agency Moody's Investors Service said 20 June 2002 it had cut its outlook for Brazil's foreign currency credit ratings to "negative" from "stable" because of deteriorating investor sentiment. Investors' confidence has been undermined by "perceived uncertainties associated with the outcome of the October election," the agency said, "despite the present government's maintenance of a sound macroeconomic policy mix." Photo AFP
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