RIO DE JANEIRO: The Bank of Brazil said it is ready to intervene heavily on currency markets, making available US$55bil to prop up the sagging real.
The central bank said it would engage in so-called swap operations where it would offer dollars in the futures market, with a pledge to buy them back in a determined timeframe no matter what they were worth.
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