The rate was an average of 6.7% last year, the lowest level since the Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics started promoting the Monthly Employment Research, in 2002.
Author: Agência Brasil
A ranking by consultancy company PFC Energy places the Brazilian state-owned oil company as the third largest listed energy company in the world. The first two are ExxonMobil and PetroChina.
In 2010, expenses of Brazilian tourists abroad rose from US$ 16.422 billion, a historic record, according to the Central Bank. In December alone, the expenses of Brazilians reached US$ 1.726 billion.
The inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) totalled US$ 48.462 billion in 2010, the largest nominal result since 1947. For 2011, expectations are for FDI to total US$ 45 billion.
The increase in electric power usage in 2010 was driven mainly by the industry.
The last crop in the state of São Paulo totalled 297.5 million boxes, equivalent to 80% of the Brazilian total. There was a decline of only 1% over the previous season. The forecast was 25%.
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.
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.
