The United States currency closed up 1% to BRL 3.74 on Friday.
Author: Agência Brasil
A Brazilian government poll shows the rate of tourists satisfied with their trips to the country went up.
The North American currency had an appreciation of 0.61% over the real this Thursday. It was the currency’s fifth consecutive appreciation.
The United States currency ended the day selling for BRL 3.661, up 0.9%, climbing for the third straight day.
The National Supply Company (Conab) said 2017-2018 grain and oilseed output is poised to reach 232.6 million tons, which would be second only to the preceding crop season.
Brazil’s dollar inflow surpassed outflow last month.
The Brazilian state-owned company registered a net profit of BRL 6.9 billion (USD 1.97 billion) in this year’s Q1.
Over 73,000 vehicles got shipped in April, with revenue coming out to USD 1.68 billion, up 37% over April 2017.
Financial institutions polled by the Brazilian Central Bank expect the economy to expand by 2.70% this year, down from a prior 2.75% forecast.
Four oil and gas blocks in the Campos and Santos basins will be auctioned under a production-sharing scheme. The auction is expected to take place on September 28.
Brazil saw a surplus of USD 6.142 billion in April, 12% less than in the same month of 2017. Exports declined and imports went up.
The price index of commodities produced in Brazil increased 4% over March, according to the Brazilian Central Bank (BC). This year, the index has risen 3.64%.
Primary deficit stood at BRL 25.135 billion (USD 7.36 billion), the worst result for the month in the Brazilian Central Bank’s historical series.
According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), by the end of March there were 13.7 million people out of work in the country.
