BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s national debt rose to a record 86.5% of gross domestic product in July and the public sector primary deficit in the 12 months to July widened to 7.5% of GDP, the central bank said on Monday.
The public sector deficit excluding interest payments was 81.1 billion reais ($15 billion) in July, the central bank said, less than the 94 billion reais shortfall forecast in a Reuters poll, and the nominal deficit was 86.9 billion reais, also less than the expected 109.9 billion reais.
($1 = 5.42 reais)
(Reporting by Camila Moreira; Writing by Jamie McGeever; Editing by Toby Chopra)
