Tag: Focus Survey

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Monday (15) at the opening of the Invest in Brazil Forum in Dubai. "Brazil is a country that is starting to open up again," he commented. The accumulated value...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The financial institutions consulted by the Central Bank (BC) have again raised the forecast for the growth of the Brazilian economy this year, from 5.05% to 5.18%. For 2022, the expectation for the gross domestic...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil's central bank weekly FOCUS survey of some 100 economists and financial institutions indicated that the outlook for inflation in the country rose for the fifth consecutive week, and is getting closer to the...

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Financial institutions in Brazil reduced on Monday the country’s economic growth forecast for the eighth consecutive time this year, showed the Central Bank’s weekly Focus Survey. The estimate for this...

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Although acknowledging that forecasts for the country’s GDP growth next year continue to decline, Brazil’s Finance Minister, Henrique Meirelles, said on Monday that the government expects Brazil will register some...

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The weekly survey, Focus Report, conducted by Brazil’s Central Bank with one hundred financial institutions, shows that economists are not very optimistic with Brazilian economic indicators. According to these institutions,...

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The IPCA (National Consumer Price Index) in Brazil rose by 0.78 percent in May, according to the IBGE (Brazilian Statistics Bureau) the highest inflation for the month of May since...

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Financial analysts have increased once again inflation forecasts for this year and next. According to the latest Focus Survey, released by the Central Bank, Brazil’s IPCA (Consumer Price Index) will...

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - Financial analysts have increased forecasts for the annual inflation in Brazil for 2015 to 8.12 percent, according to the latest Focus Survey, released by the Central Bank. The previous survey...