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PORTO, Portugal, March 1 (Reuters) - Brazil’s economy is in a strong position to weather the financial crisis and will grow above the global average this year, Brazil’s Central Bank President Henrique Meirelles said on Sunday.
“We are in the process of reviewing our forecast but our estimate is that we will grow above the global average,” Meirelles told journalists during a meeting of Ibero-American finance officials in Portugal.
He said Brazil’s economy was in a strong financial position, with $200 billion in net foreign reserves. “This will allow the country to face scarcity of international finance,” he said.
The government has said Brazil would grow 4 percent this year while economists think it may be closer to 1.5 percent.
“Brazil is confronting this crisis in a better position than in the past and more advantaged than many other regions of the world,” he said.
Brazil was growing strongly but has been hit by the financial crisis as it experienced a sharp fall in the commodities it sells to the world.
Meirelles said domestic demand continued to grow.
Source: Reuters.
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