Tag: Brazil economy

• Wednesday, July 29th 2015 - 06:00 UTC

  S&P warns Brazil could lose investment-grade rating as economic slippage continues

  

  Standard & Poor's on Tuesday said Brazil could lose its coveted investment-grade rating in the coming year if fallout from a number of corruption investigations further stymies economic growth and the implementation of austerity measures.

• Tuesday, July 28th 2015 - 06:13 UTC

  Brazil central bank survey confirms worst economic performance since 1990

  

  Analysts expect Brazil's economy to contract by 1.76% this year, marking its worst performance since 1990, with the inflation rate hitting 9.23%, the Central Bank said on Monday.

• Monday, July 27th 2015 - 06:45 UTC

  Banks forecasting two years of economic contraction for Brazil

  

  Banks in Brazil are now forecasting economic contraction in 2016 and if this proves correct it will be first time Latin America's largest economy shrinks two years running since the Great Depression.

• Thursday, July 23rd 2015 - 08:52 UTC

  Brazil's recession expected to continue next year according to top bank

  

  Brazil's recession will extend into next year, hurting President Dilma Rousseff's efforts to shore up public finances and arrest a sharp increase in unemployment, Itau Unibanco's chief economist said in a report on Wednesday. Ilan Goldfajn forecasts a drop of 2.2% in 2015 and 0.2% in 2016, down from previous estimates for a decline of 1.7% in 2015 and an increase of 0.3% in 2016.

• Tuesday, July 14th 2015 - 06:00 UTC

  Brazil's economic team reaching out to credit rating agencies for a vote of confidence

  

  Concerns that Brazil may lose its coveted investment grade credit rating are again on the rise among government officials and investors who worry that President Dilma Rousseff’s austerity push won’t fully offset plunging government revenues.

• Saturday, June 20th 2015 - 09:06 UTC

  Brazil' economic activity further contracts in April as confidence dwindles

  

  Economic activity in Brazil fell sharply in April from March, worse than already negative market estimates and showing still more evidence the once-booming economy is heading toward a recession.

• Tuesday, June 16th 2015 - 06:03 UTC

  Brazil's auto industry faces plummeting sales and widespread layoffs

  

  Plummeting auto sales in Brazil amid the country's worst economic situation in a decade have battered the industry that makes up one-fourth of the country's industrial gross domestic product and has led to widespread layoffs and mandatory leaves.

• Friday, June 12th 2015 - 06:02 UTC

  World Bank forecasts Argentina will regain access to capital markets in 2017

  

  The World Bank is optimistic about the outlook for the Argentine economy, predicting the country’s GDP will grow 1.1% this year, a considerable upgrade from the decline of 0.3% it expected in January, and perhaps even stronger growth of 1.8% in 2016 and of 3% points in 2017, thanks to a “stronger” macroeconomic environment and “regained” access to international capital markets.

• Wednesday, June 10th 2015 - 06:04 UTC

  Brazil launches ambitious $64bn infrastructure package to prop the economy

  

  Brazil announced a $64 billion infrastructure spending package on Tuesday, hoping to revive its flagging economy with investment in highways, railroads, ports and airports. Businesses and analysts have long pointed to overburdened infrastructure as a drag on the world's seventh-largest economy, which pays high prices to ship the raw materials it exports.

• Saturday, May 30th 2015 - 09:46 UTC

  Brazilian unions hold rallies in main cities to protest austerity measures

  

  Brazilian unions held nationwide protests Friday against the federal government's austerity measures and a bill that would allow companies to outsource any part of their operations. unions held rallies in 23 of Brazil's 27 states to protest the outsourcing proposal and a separate bill that would restrict access to unemployment insurance, both of which are nearing full legislative approval.