With a gross domestic product of $2.42 trillion, Brazil is already the world’s sixth largest economy—bigger than the UK. A diversity of trading partners, as well as a mix of agriculture, raw materials, manufacturing and services bodes well for continued growth and reduces vulnerability to global economic upheavals.

Budget balance is the difference between government revenues (such as taxes) and spending. A positive balance represents a surplus; a negative balance indicates a deficit

Current account balance, capturing a country’s international monetary transactions, is the difference between a country’s exports and imports of goods and services plus net returns on investments abroad and net transfers (compensation, pensions, donations, etc.) A positive balance indicates the country is owed money from other economies.

Public debt is the amount of money owed by the country’s government to creditors.

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