US dollar outflow from Brazil are US$ 94 million higher than inflow so far in January.
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IMF reduced from 3.8% to 3.2% the GDP growth projection of the region in 2015, considering the drop of oil prices. The estimated performance, however, is still higher than the one recorded in 2014.
The surplus stood at US$ 4.6 billion last year and US$ 9.9 billion in 2013. Exports dropped by 3% and imports increased by 6%.
The index calculated by Brazil’s National Confederation of Industry hit 44.4 points in January, its weakest level ever since records started being kept.
The Fund believes plummeting oil prices will impact economic activity positively, but other factors will detract from it. The Brazilian GDP forecast has also been revised down.
Focus bulletin, Brazilian Central Bank’s survey with financial institutions, brings, for the third straight time, estimation for higher prices in 2015.
Brazilian trade balance closed with a negative result of US$ 479 million last week and increased the month’s deficit to almost US$ 1.5 billion.
UN agency reports that Benghazi is the city with the most forcibly displaced persons in the country: 90,000 citizens are unable to return to their homes due to ongoing conflicts.
Goods handled at the Moroccan port amounted to 41.7 million tonnes in 2014. Container throughput exceeded 3 million units.
The step back in comparison to October 2014 came after four month-on-month increases, according to a survey released by the National Confederation of Industry (CNI).
Anamaria Couture brand sells haute couture pieces to department stores and fashion boutiques in Middle East nations. The region is the second most important market for the company’s exports.
Financing to the sector from the Brazilian state-owned institution was up 83% in 2014 from 2013.
Financing to the sector supplied by the Brazilian state-owned institution was up 83% in 2014 from 2013.
Brazil’s dollar outflow bigger than the inflow in US$ 2.4 billion from January 2 to 9, according to the Central Bank.
