Tag: economic activity

• Wednesday, March 17th 2021 - 09:05 UTC

  Brazilian economic activity recovers to pre-pandemic level

  

  Brazilian economic activity rose sharply in January, a central bank index showed on Monday, indicating that Latin America’s largest economy has not only recovered all its pandemic-related decline but is now back to the size it was over five years ago.

• Saturday, November 14th 2020 - 08:20 UTC

  During September for the fifth month running economic activity is picking up in Brazil

  

  Economic activity in Brazil rose in September for the fifth month, a central bank survey showed on Friday, more than economists had expected, pointing to a solid recovery in the third quarter from the worst of the COVID-19 shock earlier in the year.

• Friday, October 2nd 2020 - 09:01 UTC

  Chile's economic activity in August plunged 11,3%; mining sector dropped 3,4%

  

  Chile economic activity plunged 11.3% in August from the same month a year earlier, the central bank said on Thursday, deeper than forecasts of an 8.5% drop as the world’s no. 1 copper producer grapples to recover from the coronavirus pandemic.

• Friday, July 24th 2020 - 09:10 UTC

  Argentine economy slides 13,2% in five months, despite a slight moderation in May

  

  Argentina's economic activity experienced an annual 20,6% fall in May moderating the collapse in April, following the quarantine measures implemented because of the pandemic. The data was released this week by Indec, the official stats office, and shows that economic activity in May actually recovered 10% compared to April.

• Thursday, July 2nd 2020 - 11:31 UTC

  “Monumental” plunge of economic activity in Chile during May, 15,3%

  

  Chile's economic activity fell by 15.3% in May from the same month a year ago, the central bank said on Wednesday, hitting yet another historic low as measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus left many out of work and businesses shuttered.

• Friday, May 15th 2020 - 08:53 UTC

  Latin America's two main economies with daily record virus cases, but also desperate to reopen activity

  

  Brazil and Mexico on Thursday reported a record one-day rise in new coronavirus cases, just as leaders of both countries intensified attempts to reopen their economies even as the spread of the virus in Latin America is seemingly gathering pace.

• Thursday, May 7th 2020 - 12:58 UTC

  Chilean economy contracts 3.5% in March over a year ago

  

  Chile’s economic activity dropped 3.5% in March from a year earlier, the central bank said. The bank’s IMACEC economic activity index declined 5.7% compared with the previous month, as the country went into an economic and social shutdown after the arrival in Chile of the new coronavirus.

• Wednesday, January 8th 2020 - 09:46 UTC

  Chilean activity down and poor prospects for this year, following weeks of social unrest

  

  Economic activity in Chile dropped 3.3% in November, led by a slump in mining activity, the central bank has said, and officials predicted low growth for the coming year as the country reels from anti-government unrest. The prediction is based on Chile’s economic activity index or IMACEC (Indicador Mensual de Actividad Economica).

• Friday, July 26th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Argentina's economy lifting out of recession: activity rises in May for the first time in a year

  

  Argentina’s economic activity rose for the first time in over a year in May, a rare boost for President Mauricio Macri as he looks to dig the South American country out of a crippling recession ahead of presidential elections later this year.

• Thursday, February 28th 2019 - 09:18 UTC

  Argentina's economic activity dropped 2.6% in 2018, says Indec

  

  Argentina's economic activity fell 2.6% in 2018 versus the previous year, government statistics agency Indec said on Wednesday, underscoring the turmoil that dragged the country into recession last year.