Financial institutions’ estimation for 2015 became more pessimistic. Last week, the forecast for the GDP’s contraction was of 1.5%, according to Brazilian Central Bank’s survey.
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Acquaclub, from Limeira, entered Jordan’s market with its bikinis, cover-ups and flip flops. Now, the company is planning to go into the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait markets.
China’s State Grid Brazil Holding S/A made the winning bid at the energy auction held by the National Electric Energy Agency at the BM&F Bovespa exchange. The holding will supply 2,550 km of power lines.
Brazil’s economy stood virtually level from May to April. A Central Bank index shows a slight increase, at 0.03%, after two straight months of decline.
According to the international rating agency, the scenario in Brazil will go on influencing corporate results at least until halfway through next year.
Brazil’s Foreign Trade Association has revised its projections for this year and says imports could drop 20%.
The Central Bank reports that the amount of incoming US dollars in Brazil was higher than the outgoing sum of the currency from January through July 10th. Foreign trade was chiefly responsible.
The economy’s weak performance and tax incentives made revenues reach the worst result for a H1 in four years.
The number of Brazilian consumers with overdue debts increased in June from June 2014.
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After entering the month on a surplus, Brazil saw imports outpace exports again last week. Foreign sales declined for finished, semi-finished and basic goods.
Decline estimation for 2015 was made by a sector’s institution. In the first semester, however, there was an increase of 2% in comparison to the same period of 2014.
The financial market raised its estimation of price increase from 9.04% to 9.12% this year. The raise occurred for the 13th straight time. But for 2016, there were two estimations that pointed to a decline.
Container traffic reached 1.55 million TEUs in the first half of this year, up 4% from H1 2014. The amount of automobiles and oil products handled also increased.
