RIO DE JANEIRO: The bottom seems to have fallen out of Brazil’s economy, with the government reporting on Friday that the gross domestic product plunged 1.9 per cent in the second quarter alone, once again throwing the nation into a technical recession.

It’s more bad news for President Dilma Rousseff, who is fighting for her political life. Two-thirds of Brazilians polled say they want to see her impeached because of a massive corruption scandal and what is widely perceived as mishandling of the economy.

The drop was slightly larger than consensus forecasts of private economists published by the Central Bank, and prompted many to take an even gloomier view for the globe’s seventh-largest economy.