Economy

Last year was a historic one for the Brazilian external sector, with exports, imports and the trade surplus reaching all-time highs.

Inflation, as measured by the broad consumer price index (IPCA), ended 2005 at 5.7% year-on-year (y-o-y).

Industrial production in Brazil, as measured by the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE), dropped by over 2.0% month-on-month (m-o-m) in September. This came after... 2005-12-12

Data released by the national statistics institute revealed that the economy contracted by 1.2% (q-o-q) in Q305.

While the impact of a 10% depreciation of the US dollar would be muted, a 40% depreciation would significantly disrupt Brazil’s political and economic progress. Moreover, our model... 2005-12-02

Yet another large trade surplus (US$4.3bn) fuelled a current account surplus of US$2.4bn in September, a major improvement on August's surplus of US$0.8bn. This brings the year-to-date... 2005-11-14

Second quarter data showed growth up by 4.0% y-o-y and by 1.4% seasonally adjusted q-o-q.

Brazil's trade surplus in the first 10 months of the year equalled US$36.4bn, almost US$3bn more above last year's end-year total.