Transparency International Cuts Brazil’s Ranking Due to Petrobras
Due to the Petrobras corruption scandal, global watchdog has Brazil as last year's biggest index loser in the Americas.
January 27, 2016Topic
GDP
Economists Reduce Selic Interest Rate Forecast in Brazil for 2016
Financial institutions surveyed for the weekly Focus Report decreased their forecast for the benchmark interest rate from 15.25 percent to...
January 25, 2016
Focus Report Forecasts Disappointing Year for Brazil
The first Focus Report of 2016 shows further increase in inflation and contraction of GDP growth for this year.
January 4, 2016
Brazil’s Accumulated GDP For 2015 Worst in 19 Years
Biggest retraction was seen in investment of capital goods followed by industry and services.
December 2, 2015
Brazil’s Government Admits Negative GDP Growth for 2016
If confirmed this will be the first time the Brazilian GDP has ever registered a retraction for two consecutive years...
October 30, 2015
Shrinking Petrobras Investments Lead to Reduction of Brazil’s GDP
A reduction in investments by Petrobras is expected to be responsible for at least a two percent contraction in the...
October 22, 2015
Brazil’s GDP Growth Rate May Contract by 2.44 Percent in 2015
The country’s industrial production is also expected to decline more than in the previous forecasts.
September 8, 2015
Brazil May Register the Lowest GDP Growth in 25 Years
A weekly survey conducted with bank analysts however shows a reduction in the annual inflation rate (IPCA), from 9.32 percent...
August 24, 2015
Recession in Brazil Might Continue Until 2016
Analysts of the Brazilian economy have changed their forecast for 2016 for the first time to negative, assuming a contraction...
August 17, 2015