The decline was from February to March. In comparison to March of last year, however, it went up 1.1%.
Author: Agência Brasil
The National Consumer Price Index forecast dropped for the eighth week in a row, to 4.03% per annum, according to the Central Bank’s Focus Bulletin.
Brazil’s federal, states and local governments registered last month a primary deficit of USD 3.47 billion, up from USD 3.3 billion in March 2016.
Brazil’s National Treasury, Social Security and Central Bank ended March on the worst down note since record-keeping began in 1997.
An index that tracks the prices of goods sold by industry edged up in March. In February and in March of last year, there was deflation.
According to the National Federation of Industry (CNI), there was a strong and widespread surge in activity last month from February.
The Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency held an auction that resulted in concessions to construction, operation and maintenance of electricity transmission lines and substations in 20 states.
In March, Brazil’s external and domestic debt totaled BRL 3.2 trillion (USD 1.02 trillion) according to data made public by the National Treasure.
The Federal Supreme Court decided that foreigners with permanent residency in Brazil are eligible to receive a monthly minimum wage if they don’t have the means to survive.
The country is hoping to increase the sector’s relevance to trade balance numbers in decades to come, according to a ministerial secretary. In 2015, services accounted for a meager 1.91% of foreign sales.
Brazil’s National Federation of Trade reports that consumption plans by families were down 0.5% in April from March.
Weekly Consumer Price Index decreased in the majority of the seven capitals surveyed between the first and the second weeks of April.
Brazilian Central Bank index edged up in February from January. Seasonally adjusted figures showed 0.52% growth.
The sector grew from February to January according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). Highest growth rates were registered in Rondônia, Mato Grosso and Acre.
