Rio de Janeiro – Approximately 30% industry companies in Brazil are expecting to invest more over the next 12 months than they did in the past 12 months. Conversely, 23% believe they will cut down on investment. Such are the results of the Industry Investment Survey for Q3 this year, released this Thursday (11th) by Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV).
The rate of companies expecting to increase investment is the same as in the prior survey, conducted in Q2 this year (30%). However, the rate of companies that believe they should invest less went from 21% in Q2 to 23% in Q3.
According to the companies polled, in the remainder of this year, the bulk of investment should consist of own funds (59%). Last year, the rate was 63%. Next on the list of investment sources are domestic loans (31%), higher than last year’s 28%. Foreign loans are expected to account for 4% (as against 3% last year) and other sources, for 6% (the same rate as last year’s). The survey was based on interviews with executives from 699 enterprises, conducted in July and August this year.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
