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Brazil’s economy contracted record 9.7% in second quarter

by Associated Press
| September 2, 2020 12:03 AM

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s economy contracted a record 9.7% in the second quarter from the previous three-month period amid the coronavirus pandemic, the national statistics institute reported Tuesday.

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