Top Forecaster Sees Brazil Currency Uproar Tamed by Temer Legacy

  • ING’s Rangel sees currency ending year near current levels
  • Still optimistic Temer’s reform plans would survive his ouster

A seller counts real bills at a street market in Botafogo in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, May 13, 2015.

Photographer: Dado Galdieri/Bloomberg
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Never mind the chaos. Brazil’s real may end the year where it began.

The headwinds for the currency are obvious - it posted the fattest return among global currencies last year, and then reform-minded President Michel Temer landed in a political scandal last month that could result in his ouster.