Tag: Brazilean consumer confidence

• Wednesday, February 4th 2015 - 09:17 UTC

  Brazil's industrial production contracted sharply in 2014, worst year since 2009

  

  Brazil’s industrial production contracted sharply in December and finished last year with its steepest decline since 2009, as rising interest rates, weak demand and waning confidence from consumers and businesses weighed on output.

• Thursday, January 29th 2015 - 07:17 UTC

  Consumer confidence in Brazil drops in January to its lowest

  

  The reading of consumer confidence dropped in Brazil in January--to its lowest level ever--as the country's economy struggled. Brazil's main consumer-confidence index was at 89.8 points in January, down from 96.2 points in December, the Getulio Vargas Foundation, or FGV, said earlier this week.