Last year saw 2.24 million automobiles, light commercial vehicles, trucks and buses sold across the country.
Author: Agência Brasil
Brazil’s 2018 Budget Law provides for a USD 47 billion deficit and works with a 2.5% Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth estimate.
Output in Brazil amounted to 2.595 million barrels per day, down 1.2% from October and 0.5% from November 2016.
Gas prices will drop by 0.1% at Brazilian refineries this Tuesday, while diesel’s will be up 0.6%.
According to the Aviation Safety Network, there were no fatal victims in flights by major airlines in 2017.
Federal, states and local governments in Brazil posted a combined USD 275 million deficit in November.
The indicator climbed 0.8 point in December from November, the Brazilian Institute of Economics at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) said this Thursday (28).
Jobs creation was negative in November, the Brazilian Ministry of Labor reported, with 12,292 positions ceasing to exist.
The Retailer Confidence Index from Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Brazilian Institute of Economics was up 2.4 to 94.8 points in December. This was its highest score since July 2014.
Brazilian malls saw revenue increase after enduring losses for two straight years in the best time of year for retailers.
A Brazilian Central Bank poll of financial market players shows prices are expected to be up 2.78% this year, down from a prior 2.83%. The projection for 2018 also eased.
An index from think tank Fundação Getúlio Vargas dropped 0.4 point in December from November to 86.4.
The Brazilian state-run oil company has released its plans for the next five years, which should see USD 74.5 billion be invested.
The Brazilian monetary authority changed up its 2017 economic growth estimate from a prior 0.7%. Next year, Gross Domestic Product is seen widening by 2.6%, which is also up from the last projection.

