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Brazil's public sector gross debt tops 80% as March deficit beats estimates

BY Reuters | ECONOMIC | 07:53 AM EDT

SAO PAULO, April 30 (Reuters) - Brazil's public sector gross debt rose to 80.1% of gross domestic product in March from 79.2% the month before, central bank data showed on Thursday.

The public sector recorded a primary deficit of 80.68 billion reais ($16.15 billion) for the month, while economists in a Reuters poll expected a shortfall of 66.75 billion reais.

($1 = 4.9950 reais) (Reporting by Camila Moreira and Gabriel Araujo; Editing by Alex Richardson)

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