The February’s result as measured by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics points to an increase of 2.4 percentage points over the same month in 2015.
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It’s the highest number of formal jobs with signed contracts lost in a month since 1992.
A survey by ECLAC shows that more than 2.75 million Brazilians rose above the poverty and extreme poverty lines in 2014.
Alexandre Tombini, president of the Brazilian Central Bank (BC), spoke in the Senate that the BC will not shy away from measures to keep the inflation rate at the target’s center, which is 4.5%, next year.
Despite the surplus from the third week of March, Brazilian exports declined and imports increased in comparison to the month’s first two weeks.
Although the data from the sector is still signaling low activity, survey shows that business owners’ negative forecasts have been decreasing.
Analysts from the financial market revised their forecast for the fall of the Gross Domestic Product this year and it went from 3.54% to 3.60%, according to survey released by the Brazilian Central Bank.
Saudi Arabia went from 17th in January to 7th place in the first two months in the ranking of the largest importers of footwear produced in Brazil, according to data from the manufacturers’ association. Exports went up 29%.
In a lecture, Nelson Barbosa, Finance minister, also said that politics needs to help the economy and vice versa.
The country’s external sales totaled USD 169 million, an increase of 2.3% over the same month of last year.
In February, tax revenues totaled BRL 87.851 billion (USD 24.28 billion), a decline of 11.53% in comparison to February of last year.
Workshop at Sesc Taubaté, 138 km from São Paulo, will teach children how to prepare kibbe and ghraybeh cookies this Saturday (19). Event is part of activity about countries that will compete at Rio 2016 Summer Olympics.
Port operator based in Dubai had a profit of USD 883 million last year. However, operations in Brazil had a poor performance due to exchange rate variations.
Survey by the National Confederation of Industry reveals an improvement in the sector. There was a decline in pessimism and better numbers regarding employment.
