An indicator released by think tank Fundação Getulio Vargas shows a 12.3 point decline in Brazilian industry intentions to invest this year.
Author: Agência Brasil
A survey from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) shows that output was up in eight out of 14 areas in January 2016 from December 2015.
Brazil’s Extended Consumer Price Index climbed 0.9% last month, down from 1.27% in January.
The United States currency closed this Tuesday selling for BRL 3.738, a 1.45% drop over Monday. The São Paulo Stock Exchange index Ibovespa was down 0.29%.
The Brazilian government issued a statement this Tuesday (8th) denouncing the violent acts in the town of Ben Guerdane that claimed at least 16 lives, and reaffirming its confidence in Tunisian democracy .
The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) released economic results for last year this Thursday (03). Recession was the most severe since record-keeping began, in 1996.
The index that gauges retail business owners climbed 2.2% in February from January. Even so, the final score still shows pessimism.
The company’s production averaged at 2.65 million barrels of oil equivalent per day, which ws less than in December, due to scheduled rig maintenance shutdowns.
A poll of financial institutions conducted by the Brazilian Central Bank shows deteriorating expectations regarding the economy in 2016. Last week’s shrinkage forecast had been 3.40%.
The two United Nations organizations are planning on launching units to welcome migrant women and children in the next three months, with an emphasis on borders with Europe.
Brazil’s federal, state and municipal governments had a combined USD 7 billion surplus after eight straight months in deficit. The result even surpassed January 2015’s.
Collection of part of the funds raised through auctions for renewal of hydroelectric plants concessions enabled a surplus in January, according to numbers from Brazil’s National Treasury.
Such is the deficit Brazilian financial institutions believe the federal government will have posted by the end of 2016. The January forecast had been for a USD 17 billion deficit.
Brazilian Central Bank index shows that in 2015 the economy slowed down to its poorest performance since 2003. The result is considered as a preliminary GDP result.
