This week’s Focus Bulletin shows a surplus estimation of US$ 3.5 billion for the Brazilian trade balance in 2015, against a projection of US$ 3 billion last week.
Author: Agência Brasil
Dollar inflow to Brazil overcame outflow in US$ 2.229 billion until the 13th, according to the Brazilian Central Bank.
New bidding rounds could take place in the second half of this year, says the Brazilian minister of Planning, Budget and Management, Nelson Barbosa.
Credit taken by Brazilian companies went up 5.8% from January to February and 5.6% year-to-date. Micro and small businesses were the ones driving up the demand.
The decline occurred in January over December. In a comparison with the same month of last year, the drop was of 1.34%, according to the Central Bank.
According to statement from minister of Agriculture Kátia Abreu, the hike of interest rates within Plano Safra (Crop Plan) won’t make agricultural production unfeasible.
President Dilma Rousseff said the government is considering transferring to the private sector the airports in Porto Alegre, Salvador and Florianópolis.
Brazilian economic growth in 2011 has been raised from 2.7% to 3.9%. The new calculation incorporates changes suggested by multilateral institutions.
Harvest forecast has been reduced in the sixth survey of the 2014/2015 cycle due to scarce rainfall. The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) has also revised down its projections.
The aircraft took off from the capital of the UAE this Monday for the fuel-less trip. The first stopover will be in Oman at the end of the day and the whole journey will take around five months.
The rate of foreign goods sold on the Brazilian market was 22% last year. In industry, the share of imported inputs was 24%.
Index that measures the prices of primary products with international rates increased 4.97% last month, after dropping 5.14% in January.
United States dollar outflows from Brazil exceeded inflows by US$ 1.4 billion in the month, mostly as a consequence of financial operations.
Auto sales posted the worst February since 2008, according to the National Federation of Distribution of Motor Vehicles.
