RIO DE JANEIRO—Brazil’s economy slowed in the third quarter amid heightened political turmoil, though increases in private consumption and investment suggested that a recovery from the country’s longest recession on record is strengthening. Gross domestic product expanded 0.1% in the July-September period from the previous three months in seasonally adjusted terms, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, or IBGE, said Friday. That was a far cry from the 1.3% and 0.7% growth registered in the first and second quarters,...

Source: Wall Street Journal December 01, 2017 15:56 UTC