While discussing next year’s perspectives, Finance minister Guido Mantega said there will be more jobs for the population. The government will work to prevent contagion by the international crisis.
Author: Agência Brasil
Declining activity and uncertainty stemming from the world economy have caused Brazilian businessmen to revise their outlook for next year downwards.
Micro and small companies in São Paulo should end 2011 with a 3.5% increase in revenues compared with last year, according to a Brazilian Micro and Small Business Support Service (Sebrae) survey.
The bloc’s member countries may raise the import tariffs on 200 different items by up to 35% for products supplied by third-party countries. The Brazilian list should include chemicals.
The Brazilian Finance minister Guido Mantega stated that the government will use the necessary mechanisms to prevent the country’s currency, the real, from appreciating against the dollar again.
Current transactions in Brazil ran a US$ 6.8 billion deficit in November, resulting in a year-to-date deficit of US$ 45.8 billion, according to the Central Bank.
Presidents of Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay will meet next Tuesday (20th) at the Mercosur Summit to discuss increasing the Common External Tariff on a list of 100 to 200 products.
The Brazilian balance of trade went back to a surplus last week, at US$ 542 million, after having run a US$ 731 million deficit in the preceding week.
The Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff stated that her economic growth target for 2012 is 5%. She showed optimism and said inflation will remain under control.
This is the forecast for publication of the call to tender, according to the National Agency for Overland Transport. The auction should take place in September 2012.
Concession consortia for Guarulhos, Campinas and Brasília terminals must have member with at least 5 years’ experience in the business. In Brazil, only the state-owned Infraero meets the requirement.
The offices will be opened in early 2012. The announcement was made on Thursday (15) by José Graziano, the new director general of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Dollar outflow outstripped the inflow in Brazil from December 1 to 9, according to the Central Bank, resulting in a deficit in the flow of foreign exchange.
Dollar outflow outstripped the inflow in Brazil from December 1 to 9, according to the Central Bank, resulting in a deficit.
