Rio de Janeiro – Brazil’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) saw 0.6% growth in the three months through July from the three months ended April. Compared with the three months through July 2016, GDP was up 1.1%. The data are from the GDP Monitor released this Monday (18) by think tank Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV).
In July alone, GDP climbed 0.1% from June and 1.3% from July 2016.
The 1.1% hike year-on-year in the three months through July was driven by agriculture (11.7%), mineral extraction (4.5%), the process industry (1.6%), trade (3%), transportation (2.4%) and other services (1.5%). The GDP through July 2017 amounted to approximately BRL 3.78 trillion.
Via Agência Brasil. Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
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