Outgoing US dollars from Brazil were in excess of inbound ones by over US$ 9 billion. In December alone, there was a US$ 14 billion deficit.
Author: Agência Brasil
According to the Brazilian Central Bank’s Focus report, the analysts’ estimation for 2015 is at 6.56%, above the ceiling of the target rate established by the government.
Brazilian minimum salary will be readjusted in 8.8%. Presidential decree confirms the value included in the budget proposal sent to Congress.
It was the worst result for November since the Central Bank started keeping records in 2001. The federal government and regional governments all posted deficits. State-owned companies had surplus.
The index, measured by Fundação Getulio Vargas, dropped 1.5% from November to December in Brazil after a two month high.
Brazilian state-owned oil company produced 2.29 million barrels of oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) last Sunday, the biggest daily volume ever.
The new maximum value of products inbound Brazilians can enter the country with by land, river or lake, free from taxes, will drop from US$ 300 in June 2015.
Indicator scored 84.9 points in early December, down 0.8% from November, according to Fundação Getulio Vargas.
Expenditure by Brazilian citizens during international trips amounted to US$ 1.72 billion in November, down 7.2% from November 2013.
Brazilian Foreign Trade Association reviewed its trade balance forecasts. New estimation indicates a 4.3% drop in exports and 9.8% in imports.
Jobs creation was down 88% in November. Year-to-date through November, 938,000 new openings were created, the lowest amount since 2003.
Dollar outflow from Brazil exceeded the inflow in US$ 2.4 billion until the 12th. Deficit was caused by the cash flow.
Fundação Getúlio Vargas’s research shows a worse performance in 2015 compared to this year. Fiscal tightening will restrict growth in the short term.
A survey from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) shows that agricultural output reached 188 million tonnes last year, or US$ 86 billion.
