Brasília – The rate of businesses in Brazil that plan to make investments in 2015 is 69.3%, according to a poll released this Thursday (22nd) by the National Confederation of Industry (CNI, in the Portuguese acronym). The rate is down 8.8 percentage points from 78.1% in 2014. According to the CNI, the proportion of companies intending to invest is the lowest in five years. <\/p>\n
The most frequently cited reasons not to invest during 2015 include uncertainty regarding the economy (77.4%), demand reassessment (45%), cost of credit or financing (34.2), unexpected increases in the cost of investment (33.9%) and difficult access to credit (25.,1%). Most of the businesses that intend to invest (61.2%) are planning to do so in already ongoing projects. <\/p>\n
The poll shows that 71.8% of businesses made investments in 2014, and 79.7% in 2013. It also shows that last year, part of the plans to invest fell through. Only 41.4% of companies actually invested as expected in 2014, and 39.8% carried out their plans only partially. <\/p>\n
Besides, 9.2% of all entrepreneurs polled by CNI said they have either indefinitely postponed their investment plans or scrapped them altogether. Another 7.5% declared that they postponed investing to 2015.<\/p>\n
The poll was conducted from November 4th to December 12th, 2014, covering 592 businesses – 312 large, 213 medium and 67 small ones.<\/p>\n
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