It was the fourth straight month of decline, according to the National Confederation of Industry. The rate of use of installed capacity was the lowest since April 2009.
Author: Agência Brasil
The UN agency believes Latin American countries should grow by 2.2% this year. The prior forecast was 2.7%.
Financial institutions analysts revised down once again the growth estimate for Brazilian economy in 2014.
The World Bank will allocate the sum to Brazil’s ABC Savannah project, designed to spread sustainable practices in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
The Consumer Expectation Index was up 3% in July from June, as per a survey from the National Confederation of Industry.
The increase took place in the first half this year from the same period in 2013, according to the Brazilian Piped Gas Distributors Association (Abegás).
The sum was invested in 40 locations over the course of three and a half years, according to the Civil Aviation Secretariat. Another US$ 169 million should be spent in improvements at 270 other facilities.
Security Council unanimously approved a call for an immediate and unconditional humanitarian ceasefire.
Financial institutions have once again revised down the economic growth estimate for Brazil in 2014, this time to 0.9%.
Brazil’s monetary authority is taking actions designed to increase the amount of funds available in the country. Changes in banks’ compulsory deposits will cause more money to circulate.
The country climbed from the 80th to the 79th position in the United Nations’ global human development report, with a 0.744 score. The index ranges from zero to 1.
Brazilian National Treasure issued and repurchased external dollar-denominated debt bonds. Out of the total acquired, US$ 3.5 billion came from European and North American markets and US$ 50 million from the Asian one.
The balance is related to the month of July by the 18th. Last week’s result was positive by US$ 1.3 billion, but it was not enough to change the month’s outlook.
The Ministry of Planning lowered from 2.5% to 1.8% the Brazilian economy growth forecast this year. Inflation rate projection, however, has increased.
