The Brazilian Development Bank and the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade should create the institution turned to export finance.

The Export Promotion Agency is planning an exhibition of Brazilian products in Senegal. West African countries will be invited, including Mauritania. Minister Miguel Jorge should tour the region.

Brasília – The volume of credit in the financial system totalled 1.248 trillion Brazilian reals (US$ 592 billion) in April, a figure equivalent to 42.6% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), i.e. the sum of all goods and services produced in Brazil. The figures were disclosed today (27th) by the Central Bank. In March, the

Brasília – The chairman of the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES), Luciano Coutinho, said today (27th) that the Brazilian economy may grow up to 4% in 2010. According to him, the industry should “start getting out of idleness” still this year, as a result of a solid domestic market. “In the coming months, investment may be

Brasília – The 2009-2010 crop will count on 93 billion reals (US$ 45.9 billion) in financing, of which approximately 15 billion reals (US$ 7.4 billion) are earmarked for family farming. The information was supplied by the Brazilian minister of Agriculture, Reinhold Stephanes, while leaving a meeting with the minister of Finance, Guido Mantega, during which

A book by Italian designer Vincenzo Scarpellini shows pictures of the city, in pastel. Among the sceneries identified by the foreign eye of the artist is restaurant Almanara, in the centre.

Brasília – Current transactions (all operations of Brazil abroad) resulted in a surplus of US$ 146 million in April. However, year to date, the result is a deficit of US$ 4.874 billion. This information was disclosed today (26) by the Central Bank. The positive result last month was the first after 18 months running of