Economy
Brazil
Brazil's primary budget reached a BRL11.2bn surplus in June bringing the year-to-date primary fiscal surplus to BRL86.1bn, a 20.1% y-o-y increase over the same period a year earlier....
2008-07-30Brazil
Brazil's current account continued to push deeper into deficit in June, accumulating US$17.4bn on the year, compared to a US$4.1bn surplus during the same period in 2007. A 44.7%...
2008-07-29Brazil
Brazil's total external debt pile (private and public) appears to be on the rise again. Total external indebtedness reached US$201.6bn in Q108, up from US$193.6bn in the previous...
2008-07-03Brazil
Industrial production growth in Brazil slowed substantially in May to 2.4% y-o-y, down from 10.0% growth in April. Even when looking at the seasonally adjusted industrial production...
2008-07-02Brazil
Two down, one to go. Following Fitch's decision to bump up Brazil's sovereign credit rating one notch to BBB-, a move that comes less than a month after a similar upgrade by Standard...
2008-06-11Brazil
Brazil's year-to-date (ytd) merchandise trade surplus narrowed to US$4.6bn in the four months ending April, compared to US$12.9bn during the same period in 2007 and US$12.4bn during...
2008-06-10Brazil
The Banco Central do Brasil continues to raise its benchmark Selic rate in an effort to address structural inflationary pressures and anchor rising inflation expectations. With...
2008-06-10Brazil
Brazil's industrial sector is running close to maximum capacity, and we believe that ongoing tightening measures by the central bank will have only limited success in reining in demand...
2008-06-10
