Over time, the persistence of these conditions undermined the competitiveness of domestic industry, impeding sales of Brazilian products not only internationally, but also in the robust and growing internal market. The government’s macroeconomic stabilization efforts, coupled with policies that increased the country’s growth potential, allowed the interest rate to fall over the last decade.
长此以往，这些状况的持续破坏了国内产业的竞争力，不但妨碍了巴西产品的国际销路，就连在国内市场的稳步增长都无法保证。政府的宏观经济稳定措施与提升国家增长潜力的政策一道，让利率在过去十年中有所下降。