It was the state in Brazil where industrial production declined the most in March from February, by 4%. The average national drop was 1.8%. Other above-average states were Ceará, Paraná, Minas Gerais, and Pará.
Author: Agência Brasil
A rocket carrying the device was launched last week from the French Guyana. The goal is to increase broadband availability in Brazil.
The increase in prices expected by Brazilian financial market players for 2017 changed from 4.03% to 4.01%. The GDP growth forecast edged up to 0.47% from 0.46% last week.
From January to April, 232,000 vehicles were shipped abroad from Brazil, a 64% increase over the year-ago period.
Brazil’s IBGE, National Treasury and Central Bank reported that the federal government had a net operating loss of BRL 512.2 billion in 2015. In 2014, the deficit had been equivalent to 4.9% of GDP.
The decline was from February to March. In comparison to March of last year, however, it went up 1.1%.
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.
