The country sent 7.72 million cattle to slaughter in the second quarter of this year, a 4% hike in volume over the same period of 2017.
Author: Agência Brasil
The United States currency gained 1.48% this Tuesday after sliding for three straight trading days.
The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) sees 225.8 million tons being harvested in the country this year, down 0.4% from July’s estimate and 6.2% from 2017 crop numbers.
Financial institutions predicted a 1.40% growth for the Brazilian economy this year, below last week’s forecast.
The North American currency dropped 0.95% this Thursday. However, in the week, it has gone up 0.78%.
The Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF) IPEA indicator fell over June, but went up over the same month of 2017
The Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA) dropped 0.09% last month.
The decline was in comparison to June, after a 12.9% surge.
The North American currency ended this Monday at BRL 4.152.
The climb was registered in July over June, with 1.82 million barrels of oil equivalent per day.
In a survey by the Brazilian Central Bank (BC), financial institutions revised down their forecast for the expansion of the Brazilian economy in 2018, from 1.47% to 1.44%.
Federal, states and local governments in Brazil had deficits in July, but they were much narrower than in July 2017.
The expansion was registered in comparison to January from March of this year. Over Q2 2017, there was a 1% expansion.
The North American currency, for a period, had surpassed BRL 4.20 this Thursday. The Brazilian Central Bank (BC) sold USD 1.5 billion worth of currency swaps.
