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Meirelles sees Brazil on track for fiscal surplus in three years

FILE PHOTO - Brazilian Finance Minister Henrique Meirelles attends a seminar in Brasilia, Brazil November 9, 2017. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil’s government is on track to turn a surplus before debt payments in three years, based on current growth forecasts and a constitutionally imposed spending cap, Finance Minister Henrique Meirelles said at an event in Sao Paulo on Monday.

Reporting by Natalia ScalzarettoEditing by Chizu Nomiyama

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