It was a 1.3% decline over Q4, according to Brazilian statistics institution. It was the seventh straight drop in this kind of comparison.
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After a lengthy career, Algeria’s Abdelhamid Rahmani decided to settle down in Brasília and opened Louzia Doceria Fina, a shop specializing in typical delicacies from his home country.
Brazil’s US$ 4.58 billion primary surplus from January through April was the lowest for the period since 2001, based on National Treasury numbers.
An International Labor Organization study shows 338,000 people were jobless in the occupied territories in 2014.
The airline from the Emirates achieved a 52.1% net profit growth in 2014 with US$ 73 million. Revenues increased 26.7% and the company carried 14.8 million passengers.
The former Brazilian president and the diplomat considered the possibility of Brazilian executives paying a visit to the African country this year.
The Brazilian minister of Planning said the country’s economy should see 1% growth next year. The previous official projection was 1.3%.
Foreign sales by the Brazilian capital goods industry slowed down last month and in the 4-month period through April. Agricultural equipment, logistics and civil construction had the poorest performances.
Habitually on a surplus, the country’s trade balance swung to a US$ 744 million deficit last month.
Bilateral trade in goods and services with the rest of the world was negative by US$ 6.9 billion in April, the Central Bank reported. Year-to-date, there is a US$ 32.4 billion deficit.
The drop occurred in the first four months of the year over the same period of last year. The amount spent in other countries was US$ 6.8 billion. Spending abroad also dropped in April.
Watch in this episode an interview with Christophe Didier, general director of Etihad Airways in Brazil.
The Brazilian trade balance stood positive last week with US$ 296 million, a result of US$ 4.143 billion in exports and US$ 3.847 billion in imports.
As per a Central Bank poll of analysts, the benchmark interest rate should be 13.75% by year end in 2015. The prior estimate was 13.5%.
