Brazil's economy grew at its fastest pace in 24 years in 2010, gaining steam at the end of the year on buoyant consumer demand while industry struggled to cope with a strong currency.
Last year's 7.5 percent expansion, not far behind growth rates in China and India, is likely as good as it gets for Latin America's largest economy for some time as higher interest rates and tighter public spending cool domestic demand and slow growth to a more sustainable pace in 2011.