Brasília – In the first survey this year, the financial market confirmed most of the forecasts made last week concerning the Brazilian economy. The Focus bulletin, disclosed every Monday by the Central Bank of Brazil, has maintained the inflation rate expected for 2009 at 5%, measured according to the Broad Consumer Price Index (IPCA). The
Author: Agência Brasil
When fully operational, the units will add over 790,000 barrels of oil a day and more than 35 million daily cubic metres of natural gas to the national output.
Brazilian exports totalled US$ 197.9 billion in 2008 and imports reached US$ 173.2 billion, generating a surplus of US$ 24.73 billion. The figure is 38.2% lower than recorded in 2007.
The plants of Candeias, in the state of Bahia, and Quixadá, in the state of Ceará, ended the year with a total output of 8.8 million litres.
The head of government of Portugal, José Sócrates, said that there is need to create a company to compete with international giants and promote the Portuguese language worldwide.
El Salvador – Concern surrounding the effects of the financial crisis on the development of Latin American countries set the tone this Wednesday (29th) of the opening of the 18th edition of the Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government, held in San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador. In all inaugural addresses at
Agreement between the Brazilian Central Bank and the US Federal Reserve results in the creation of a line for swap of dollars for reals. The aim is to guarantee liquidity in the foreign currency.
Dollar outflow in Brazil was higher than inflow up until the 24th.
Brasília – The ECO 2008 Global Environment Conference started today (29th) in Brasília, the capital of Brazil. The opening ceremony took place today at 8:30 am, at the National Museum of the Cultural Bloc of the Republic, in the Ministerial Area of the city. Up until Friday (31st), discussions will be held on topics such
This is the estimated volume of business to be generated at the food sector fair generated in Paris last week. In all, 110 companies from Brazil participated in the exhibition with Apex support.
Brazilian exports totalled US$ 4.023 billion, whereas imports stood at US$ 4.121 billion.
Sales of natural gas in September broke record for the year, at 51.2 million cubic metres a day. Growth over August was 0.37%, and in comparison with September 2007, 16.55%.
The country produced 28 million tonnes of bulk steel from January to September. The export of partially manufactured goods rose 27.2%.
The figure is the result of US$ 4.093 billion in exports and US$ 3.759 billion in imports.
