Year-to-date, sales reached 139,500 units this year, according to ANFAVEA.
Author: Agência Brasil
Brazilian financial market players expect to see 1.49% economic growth this year, down from 1.70% as of last week’s poll.
Output was down in March from February in Brazil, as per a survey from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).
Year-to-date through April, 1.244 million units were sold in the country, including automobiles, light commercial vehicles, trucks, buses and motorcycles.
Overall imports to Brazil were down 1.2% in April, while capital goods imports dropped by 10%. The surplus was the second widest on record for the month.
The five biggest corporations run by Brazil’s federal government ran close to USD 18 billion in profit last year. Petrobras saw the strongest numbers.
Negative balance in March, however, was smaller than in March 2018.
Financial market revised down for the ninth time in a row their projections for Brazilian economy growth in 2019.
Brazil’s internal and external debt increased in March over February.
The deficit slid to USD 494 million, from USD 666 million in March 2018.
Index measured by Fundação Getulio Vargas dropped by 1.5 point in April over March because of the disappointment with the slow economic upturn.
Federal government collected USD 28 billion last month, a 0.58% drop over March last year.
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Brazilian carriers saw demand go up in March and year-to-date through March.
