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🌏 Brazil's consumer confidence craters while Singapore's factories keep humming

🌏 Brazil's consumer confidence craters while Singapore's factories keep humming

Brazil's consumer confidence gauge fell to 84.7 in August from 88.3, and South Africa's leading indicator slipped to 116.60, while Singapore's July factory output is set to confirm Asia's AI-driven export strength. The emerging-markets growth gap is widening ahead of the fourth quarter.

Woman in a grocery aisle checks a receipt by a full cart, beside a declining consumer-confidence chart graphic and Portuguese FGV headline.
Brazil's FGV consumer confidence sank to 84.7 in August, the lowest since November 2022 after a fourth straight monthly drop spanning all income brackets. Source

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