The inflow of foreign currency into Brazil was positive in January, up to the 28th, according to figures disclosed by the Central Bank of Brazil.
Author: Agência Brasil
Brazilian state-owned companies made investment of US$ 50.5 billion last year, 17% growth as against 2009. The greatest investment was in energy.
The result was US$ 424 million, despite the US$ 266 million in the fourth and fifth weeks of the month. In January 2010, the balance was US$ 179 million negative.
Finance sector analysts approached by the Brazilian Central Bank increased their forecast for growth of the Brazilian economy this year, from 4.50% to 4.60%. GDP expansion in 2012 remained at 4.5%.
The Central Government of Brazil, which inlcudes the Central Bank, the National Treasury and the Social Service, had a primary surplus of 2.16% of GDP in its balance sheet.
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.
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.
