The Brazilian Central Bank increased the number of contracts for foreign exchange swap tenders this Friday to try to restrain the dollar appreciation against the real.
Author: Agência Brasil
In the first seven months of the year, the national consumer price index had a variation of 6.83%. It’s the highest value since January to July 2003. The index is used by the government to measure inflation targets.
In all, 1.3 million unities were sold from January to July of this year. The number of jobs in the auto industry declined 9.7% in July over the same month of 2014.
Brazil’s dollar outflow overcame the inflow in almost US$ 4 billion in July. In the year, it’s positive in more than US$ 7 billion.
The Ministry of Communications issued a public notice for the implementation of technological parks focused on the development of software for computers and smartphones.
This is the number of companies that have already paid the fee to participate in the 13rd round of biddings by the National Oil Agency. The deadline is on August 11th.
The Focus Bulletin by the Brazilian Central Bank shows the estimation by financial institutions for the growth of the Brazilian economy in 2015 was revised down for the third straight week.
The Brazilian bank acquired the operations of the British institution in the country. The value of the deal tops US$ 5 billion.
Primary surplus stood at R$ 16 billion (US$ 4.6 billion), the lowest number since the same period of 2001, when the historical series by the Brazilian Central Bank started.
National Treasury, Social Security and Central Bank together registered a primary deficit of R$ 1.6 billion from January to June due to the drop in revenues.
Brazil’s supply company and the UN signed an agreement that plans for an exchange with other countries in the areas of food security and family farm.
Dollar outflow overcame inflow in US$ 2.3 billion in July up to last Friday, according to the Brazilian Central Bank. This result was determined by the financial sector.
The credit-rating agency kept the country’s ‘investment-grade’ but reviewed future outlook from ‘stable’ to ‘negative’.
The document explains current legislation to companies that operate abroad. Anti-corruption law punishes Brazilian companies that offer grafts to foreign government employees.
