The Central Bank of Brazil has negotiated 20,000 reverse exchange swap contracts, or purchased dollars on the futures market. The objective is to contain the depreciation of the North American dollar.
Author: Agência Brasil
Inflow of dollars in Brazil was greater than the outflow from January 3rd to 14th. International reserves exceeded US$ 290 billion.
At the end of 2010, there were in the country 202.94 million mobile phones. According to the Anatel, 15 states and the Federal District have over one mobile phone per inhabitant.
The Brazilian minister of Finance presented estimates for the country’s economic growth over the coming four years, the period of president Dilma Rousseff’s term in office.
A World Bank survey concluded that global economic growth this year should be slow but more solid than in 2010. Developing countries should grow by 6%.
The funds were disbursed from 2005 to 2009, according to a survey by the Institute of Applied Economic Research and the Brazilian Cooperation Agency, linked to the Brazilian foreign ministry.
In the first week of the month, the flow of foreign exchange recorded a US$ 477 million surplus, whereas the flow of finance reached US$ 3.623 billion.
The volume of petrol traded in the last month of the year totalled 1.966 million cubic metres. This volume exceeds the previous record, for March 2010, by 50,000 cubic metres.
Gross revenues from production and sales of agricultural products should reach US$ 110 billion this year. If confirmed, the result will be 8.29% higher than in 2010.
In the first week of January, Brazilian exports reached US$ 2.781 billion, as against US$ 3.267 billion in imports.
Petrobras’ transport sector arm has invited 16 companies, five Brazilian and 11 foreign, for a tender. The company commissioned more than 40 vessels over the last few years.
The company announced the charter of two platforms to operate in Santos Basin, starting in 2014. Each one will have a capacity for production of 150,000 barrels of oil a day.
Sales in Brazil grew by 23.8% in 2010 and reached 68,500 units. The output increased by 34%.
Brazilian automakers have set the target of returning to pre-crisis levels in 2011.
