Brasília – Investments increased 0.6% in April in comparison to March. That’s the result shown by the Gross Fixed Capital Formation (FBCF) index. The information was made available by the IPEA this Tuesday (6) in Brasília.
According to the Institute for Applied Economic Research, the positive result was impacted by the good performance registered by sales of machinery and equipment (CAME), which went up 0.7%.
In comparison to April 2016, the indicator dropped .7.7%. In 2017, is has dropped 4.7%. Year-over-year ending in April, the decline is of 6%.
*Translated by Sérgio Kakitani
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