The first draft of an agreement at the World Climate Conference, in Copenhagen, preserves commitments made by countries in the Kyoto Protocol, but should also include targets for the United States.
Author: Agência Brasil
Finance minister Guido Mantega said the discrepancy between growth of the GDP and the forecast by the economic team is due to a change in methodology used by the IBGE, which calculates the figure.
The country’s GDP increased over the previous quarter’s and totalled US$ 452 billion, according to Brazilian Statistics Institute data. The best performance was the industry’s, whose output grew 2.9%.
Finance minister Guido Mantega announced today the addition of US$ 45 billion to Brazilian Development Bank financing lines, plus fiscal incentives to some sectors and extended stimulus programs.
Brasília – The Brazilian minister of Finance, Guido Mantega, said today (9th) that the growth of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the third quarter, to be announced tomorrow, should be 2%. Mantega stated that in the 12 month period ended in September, the growth rate is 8%. He added that GDP growth in
The statement was made today by the head of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Lisa Jackson, in an event on the sidelines of the UN Climate Conference, in Copenhagen.
Brasília – The third survey of the 2009/2010 grain crop, issued today (8th) by the National Food Supply Company (Conab), shows that increased soy farming in the country should be the main driver of growth, estimated to reach 4% compared with the previous cycle, totalling 140.6 million tonnes. In terms of volume, there should be
Funds from rich nations should be used for reducing pollutant gas emissions in large developing nations, such as Brazil. The statement was made by the secretary general of COP-15, Yvo de Boer.
According to Renato da Fonseca, of the National Confederation of Industries, foreign trade should bounce back starting next year.
It is time to act for the environment. The statement was made by Yvo de Boer, secretary general of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, which started on this Monday.
The surplus identified last week was the result of Brazilian exports of US$ 2.618 billion and imports of US$ 2.242 billion.
Brazilian Finance minister Guido Mantega replied to criticism from economist Paul Krugman in a seminar in Germany. Lula claimed that the Brazilian market helped the country in exiting the crisis.
President Lula and German prime-minister Angela Merkel admitted it will not be possible to reach an ideal agreement at the Climate Conference. ‘I believe we won’t sign our dream agreement,’ said Lula.
Rio de Janeiro – The Brazilian industrial output grew 2.2% in October compared with September, according to data from the Monthly Industrial Survey disclosed today (2nd) by the Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics (IBGE). This is the tenth consecutive increase, and it reflects the performance of the country’s economy. In comparison with October last
