Invitation to tender published this Wednesday (29) asks companies to elaborate a study for the concession of a stretch of the Brazilian highway BR-101, in Rio de Janeiro. Bidders have ten days to apply.
Author: Agência Brasil
The sector agency estimates investments on oil and natural gas research in the next ten years in Brazil will reach R$ 30 billion.
According to a research by the National Confederation of Industries, the percentage of Brazilian companies that will be making investments in 2014 has dropped to 78.1%, in relation to 83% last year. Only 3.6% of them will invest abroad.
A Brazilian Central Bank study shows that financial institutions lowered the country’s economic growth expectation this year from 2% to 1.91%.
Brazilian current transactions deficit reached US$ 81 billion in 2013 and foreign direct investments, of US$ 64 billion, were insufficient to cover it.
In Davos, Brazilian president said that the country has always welcomed foreign investment and emphasized that Brazil offers plenty opportunities for business.
Brazilian tourists spent US$ 25.3 billion in international travels last year, according to information from the Central Bank. In 2012, the sum was of US$ 22.2 billion.
FIFA launches in March a fund to finance social, education and health projects in Brazil. The sum may be even higher with donations from other institutions.
From January 01 to 17, the amount of dollars that left the country surpassed the amount that entered by US$ 1,894 billion, according to the Brazilian Central Bank.
Revenues in the Brazilian services sector rose in November in relation to the same month in 2012, according to research by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. The increase, however, was a little slower than in October and September.
According to information from the General Records Office for Employment and Unemployment, this was the number of formal job positions created last year. It represents a drop in relation to 2012, when 1.3 million jobs were generated.
The index measured by the Federation of Commerce of São Paulo decreased by 3.5% in comparison to December and by 17.9% in relation to January 2013, reaching 131.7 points.
The hardships of developed economies, unemployment and lack of water were mentioned in the 2014 World Economic Forum report as the main global problems.
Forecast for this year was made by the World Bank. In a report released this Wednesday (15), the institution states that the world economy should grow stronger in 2014.
