Brazil is the most populous nation in South America, with the continent's leading GDP. Brazil's climate and geography make the country a supermarket to the world when it comes to raw materials and agricultural products.
The Brazilian economy is highly sensitive to commodity prices as it is the world's leading producer and exporter of a handful of raw materials and a significant exporter of many others. Brazil is also an emerging market nation. At the same time, years of corruption and more than a few financial crises have weighed on economic growth. In late 2015,