The loan volume had doubled this year, bringing in a flood of dollars into Brazil and adding to currency strength.

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If he needed a surge of strength, he imagined throwing an electric switch to flood his muscles with power.

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The declines, which were minor, follow a period of strength for the world markets, propelled in part by a flood of money from private equity funds into takeovers.

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