There was a 3.5% decline from November, the highest since December 2008. In the whole of 2013, however, activity was up 1.2%.
Author: Agência Brasil
According to the National Petroleum Agency, the daily average in December was the highest ever. At the pre-salt layer, oil and gas extraction was up 2.5% from November.
Central Bank’s Focus Bulletin estimates a 6% rate for this year, as against 6.02% in the prior poll, conducted last week.
Meeting named Geneva 2 gathered representatives of the Syrian government and the opposition until this Friday, however the conflict continues. ‘But it’s a start,’ said the mediator Lakhdar Brahimi.
Last year’s result corresponded to 1.9% of the Brazilian GDP, the lowest annual level in the Central Bank’s historic series.
The country was elected to lead the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission in 2014. The commission helps security and political recovery in post-conflict countries.
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.
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.
