Brazil's public sector gross debt hits 77.7% of GDP in November

BRASILIA, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Brazil's government debt as a share of gross domestic product narrowed slightly to 77.7% in November from 77.8% the month before, central bank data showed on Monday.

Economists polled by Reuters had expected it to hit 78.9%.

The Brazilian public sector posted a primary deficit of 6.6 billion reais ($1.07 billion) for the month, the central bank, while economists in the Reuters poll had forecast a 7.0 billion reais deficit.

($1 = 6.1964 reais)

(Reporting by Isabel Versiani; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

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