The country produced an average of 2.586 million barrels per day last year. Natural gas production, however, grew by 1%.
Author: Agência Brasil
Financial institutions estimate 6.5% SELIC by end of 2019, the same as it is now.
IBGE published Brazilian industry progress over last year. Only in December there was also an increase.
Chevron bought the refinery for USD 526 million.
Last year, values of industrial goods increased two times more than in 2017 according to IBGE.
Volume of loans grew by 5.5% last year, according to Brazilian Central Bank.
Number is two times the one registered in 2017. Foreign direct investments reached USD 88.3 billion, more than enough to finance the negative balance in current account.
The sum of internal and external Brazilian debts climbed 8.9% last year over 2017, according to Brazilian National Treasury.
Financial institutions estimate Brazilian economy will grow by 2.50% in 2019. Last-week projection was 2.53%.
The main index of the São Paulo Stock Exchange climbed 1.16% this Friday to 97,677 points.
Government collection amounted to USD 383 billion in 2018. It was the biggest amount since 2014.
Airlines based in Brazil carried 103 million people between them in domestic and international flights.
The number of workers hired exceeded that of those fired by 529,500 in 2018, in the first positive net result since 2014.
The amount of crude product manufactured in the country was up 1.1% to 34.7 million tons, while flat-rolled steel production climbed 3.3% to 23.1 million tons.
