A survey conducted by the Getúlio Vargas Foundation shows that 26.3% of the people interviewed in 2,000 households believe the economic situation will improve.
Author: Agência Brasil
The Brazilian president will attend the Africa-South America Summit in May 2012. She will champion sustainable development coupled with social inclusion.
Brazil’s primary surplus reached US$ 7.5 billion in October, according to the Central Bank of Brazil, well above the US$ 5.2 billion of the same month in 2010.
The organization has set a one-day deadline for the Syrian government to sign a protocol allowing observers to enter the country.
Environmental and developmental policies will be integrated as part of the Brazilian Action Plan for Sustainable Production and Consumption.
The Brazilian senate passed a provisional measure establishing the Export Financing Fund, which will have a US$ 740 million budget to finance exporting companies.
Foreign direct investment in Brazil reached US$ 5.5 billion in October, higher than the Central Bank’s projection.
The Brazilian minister of Mines and Energy stated that president Dilma Rousseff will decide next year whether the current contracts will be renewed or new auctions will be held.
The figure was recorded in the third week of the current month. Exports reached US$ 3.82 billion and imports reached $ 3.54 billion.
A survey conducted by the General Records Office for Employment and Unemployment (Caged) indicates that 126,143 formal jobs were created in the country in October.
The risk rating agency upgraded the grade for the Brazilian long-term sovereign debt from BBB- to BBB.
Foreign sales by Brazilian cooperatives exceeded US$ 5 billion from January to October – the highest figure ever recorded during the period in Foreign Trade Ministry surveys.
At a meeting in Morocco, representatives of Arab countries took the decision due to accounts of government violence against the opposition.
Uncertainty in the global scenario caused the Economic Climate Index to drop from 5.6 points to 4.4 points in Latin America from July to October.
