Economy Key Facts —The deficit. Brazil’s state companies ran a primary deficit of R$7.4bn ($1.3bn) in the first five months of 2026. —The record. That already exceeds the R$5.9bn shortfall for all of 2025, the worst on record for the period. —The source. The figures come from the central bank’s fiscal statistics, released at the […] The post Brazil’s State Companies Have Already Lost More Than in All of Last Year appeared first on The Rio Times.