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Brazil’s split reality: Record low unemployment, record high debt
Al Jazeera English
October 1, 2026
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Brazil’s economic indicators look positive: unemployment at 5.6%, growth at 2.3%, and inflation slowing to 4.2%. But behind those numbers, a record 84 million Brazilians are behind on debt, mostly on credit cards with astronomical interest rates. Families borrow just to get throu
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