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Strategies & Market Trends : Telebras (TBH) & Brazil
TBH 1.170+6.4%3:59 PM EST

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To: Steve Fancy who wrote (7733)9/10/1998 1:20:00 PM
From: djane  Read Replies (4) of 22640
 
thestreet.com on today's Brazil carnage

thestreet.com

Indeed, Brazil is the market's biggest problem right now. The
Bovespa was down more than 11%, and capital is fleeing at
a dangerous rate. As of yesterday, an estimated $9 billion
had left the country this month. It is not just foreign money --
locals no longer believe in their economy. Throwing gasoline
on the fire, Standard & Poor's lowered its rating outlook on
Brazil's unsecured foreign currency debt and
real-denominated debt to negative.

This has damaged banks badly. Loan exposure to Brazil
was $15.8 billion dollars as of the end of last year, according
to the Bank of International Settlements -- a good deal
more than the $7.1 billion of exposure to Russia. Total bank
exposure to Latin America, which has already been
damaged badly by the crisis in Brazil, was $63.4 billion. The
Philadelphia Stock Exchange/KBW Bank Index was
down 5%.
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