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New Brazil economic team downgrades expectations for budget

  Bloomberg Brazil’s new economic team projects the largest budget deficit before interest payments on record this year, underscoring the challenge Acting President Michel Temer will face in turning around Latin America’s biggest economy. Temer’s administration will submit a bill that would allow it to report a primary budget gap of 170.5 billion reais ($48.4 billion) in 2016, Finance Minister ...

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Deere cuts full-year profit outlook amid agriculture income decline

  Bloomberg Deere & Co., the world’s biggest agricultural equipment manufacturer, cut its fiscal full-year earnings outlook as lower commodity prices hurt farmers’ income and a glut of unsold machinery continues to pile up at dealerships. Full-year net profit will be about $1.2 billion in the year through October, Moline, Illinois-based Deere said in a statement Friday, compared with the ...

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Mexico’s financial stability at risk as Peso tumble continues

  Bloomberg Mexico’s financial stability is hanging in the balance as the peso’s tumble prompts a dangerous acceleration in outflows from the nation’s bonds, according to BNP Paribas SA. A pullback by foreigners is particularly worrisome for authorities, who have often cited peso bond holdings by international investors as a sign of stability. Central bank policy makers will now have ...

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