Agência Brasil Brasília – The head of the International Monetary Fund mission which is now in Brazil, Jorge Marquez-Ruarte, declared that the country is in good shape and that there are reasons to be confident. He also referred to the possibility of renewing the loan agreement with the IMF. "The market is confident in Brazil.
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Agência Brasil Brasília – Foreign direct investments came to US$ 739 million in September. Of this total, US$ 88 million are attributable to conversion operations, said the head of the Economic Department of the Central Bank, Altamir Lopes, Thursday (23), when he released the monthly report on the External Sector. Lopes said that investments related
Agência Brasil Rio de Janeiro – The Minister of Tourism, Walfrido Mares Guia, said today that he is in favor of simplifying procedures for authorizing visas for foreigners, to increase the flow of tourists to Brazil. According to Mares Guia, it would be ideal for this type of procedure not to exist among countries that maintain
Agência Brasil Brasília – Poultry exports grew this year, from January through September. 1.432 million tons were exported, representing an increase of 25.70% and generating receipts of US$ 1.6 billion. The forecast for this year is for US$ 2 billion, as against US$ 1.3 billion last year. Despite the increase, there was a drop in exports
Agência Brasil Brasília – Plans by Japan to reduce pollution by making the addition of alcohol to gasoline mandatory is going to mean revised projections for Brazilian exports of its sugarcane-based alcohol fuel and investments in the sector. According to the executive secretary of the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Marcio Fortes, Brazil
