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Brazil's economy slows sharply in Q2 but still beats forecasts
Brazil's economy lost momentum in the second quarter but still outperformed market expectations, driven by resilient services activity and gains in the extractive industry, official data showed on Tuesday. Gross domestic product in Latin America's largest economy grew 0.4% in the April-to-June period from the previous quarter, statistics agency IBGE said, above the 0.3% expansion expected by economists in a Reuters poll. [...]