Brasília – The Brazilian Central Bank is expecting greater economic growth this year. According to the Quarterly Inflation Report, disclosed today (29th) by the organisation, the projection of increase for the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which is the sum of all goods and services produced in the country, has risen to 5%. The rate is
Author: Agência Brasil
The figure is from the Air Transport Directory, launched last Friday by the National Civil Aviation Agency (Anac). Contributing factors include low tariffs and seat supply higher than demand.
The total reached 1.11 trillion reals in August, 38% of the Brazilian Gross Domestic Product, the largest in history. There was, however, reduction of financing to natural people as against July.
The funds were disbursed from early July to September 15th. Funds for business agriculture grew 43.2% and, for family farming, 6.1%.
The Brazilian state-owned oil company finished drilling Jupiter well, in Santos Basin, on the coast of Rio de Janeiro, and confirmed the existence of large reserves at a depth of 5,800 metres.
The previous target, fixed in July this year, was US$ 190 billion. This expansion represents growth of 25.7% over last year.
The figure was supplied by the Central Bank and concerns the period from September 01st to 23rd. Expenditures by foreigners in Brazil reached US$ 320 million during the same period.
Inflow of foreign funds reached US$ 5.2 up until today, as against US$ 4.6 billion in August. Sectors that have attracted the most capital are vehicles, metallurgy and finance.
The Brazilian president spoke first at the opening of the 63rd General Assembly of the United Nations, in New York. A solution must emerge from multilateral forums, he said.
Brasília – The Brazilian trade surplus reached US$ 839 million in the third week of September, and totals US$ 2.391 billion so far this month. The figures were supplied by the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade. In the week, exports reached US$ 4.355 billion and imports, US$ 3.516 billion. In the accumulated
The disbursements made by the Brazilian Development Bank grew 31%. The sector that received most financing was infrastructure, especially in the sectors of land transport and electric energy.
The tender will take place in December and involves continental areas only, 100 of which are located in mature basins, and the remainder are considered new exploratory frontiers, according to the ANP.
The information was supplied by the executive manager for Pre-Salt Exploration and Production at Petrobras, José Formigli.
