Brasília – Central Bank financial market analysts have maintained at 3.1% the estimated growth this year. For 2014, the projected Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the added goods and services produced in the country, was adjusted at 3.65% for 3.70%.
For industrial production, the estimated expansion for this year rose from 3,10% to 3,17%. For 2014, expectations are to be maintained at 3.70%.
The forecast for the trade surplus (positive balance between exports minus imports) was adjusted by US$ 16.75 billion to US$ 15.5 billion, this year, and maintained at US$ 16 billion in 2014.
The country’s expectations for foreign direct investment (resources turned to the productive sector in the country) have been maintained at US$ 60 billion both for 2013 and for next year.
*Translated by Mark Ament
