Brazil’s foreign trade result was negative by US$ 448 million last week, after two weeks in surplus.
Author: Agência Brasil
Analysts approached by the Central Bank believe that the country’s economy should grow just 3.03% in 2013. The previous forecast had been 3.10%.
The country has become a land of descendants and must be more open to qualified foreign labour, said the Presidency of the Republic’s secretary for Strategic Action.
The Economic Activity Index of the Central Bank had expansion of 1.29% in January as against December. This is the greatest percentage since 2004, in the same comparison.
The organization wants the Security Council to impose a ceasefire on all parties involved in the Syrian conflict.
The Human Development Index has grown since 1990 and the country is among the 15 nations to reduce their deficit in the area most, according to the UNDP.
From January 1st to March 8th, dollar outflows have outstripped inflows by US$ 2.859 billion in the country.
Such is the volume of reserves contained in one of the pre-salt layer oilfields in the Santos Basin, according to the secretary for the sector at Brazil’s Ministry of Mines and Energy.
The Opec, which has seven Arab countries among its members, believes consumption should average at 89.67 million barrels per day in 2013, originating mostly from China and the Middle East.
Financial market professionals have revised the 2013 Brazilian economy growth estimate slightly upward.
Brazilian production should total 183.4 million tonnes this year, according to the IBGE. The estimate exceeds that of January.
In January and February, 428,700 units were sold in Brazil, up 10% from the same period last year.
A total of 222,000 units were sold in Brazil in February as against 297,000 in January, according to the National Federation of Motor Vehicle Distributors.
A research by the National Confederation of Industries shows that the participation of imported consumer goods was 21.6% last year.
