UPDATE 1-Brazil economic activity surges in February, before COVID-19 second wave impact
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BRASILIA, April 19 (Reuters) – Brazil’s economic activity surged in February, a central bank index showed on Monday, one of the strongest gains on record and a sign that the economy had been humming along nicely before it was hit by a deadly second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Jamie McGeever via Yahoo Finance