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Brasile
Mercado de seguros tem queda de 3,5% no ano devido à pandemia
A arrecadação do mercado segurador brasileiro no primeiro semestre deste ano somou R$ 121,07 bilhões, queda de 3,5% em comparação ao mesmo período do ano passado. O número exclui o ramo de saúde e o seguro de danos pessoais causados por veículos automotores de via terrestre (Dpvat). A redução não foi ...
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Cina
China's domestic spending sluggish as economy recovers from virus
BEIJING: China's retail sales dropped in July, official data showed Friday, indicating that sluggish consumer spending could hold up the country's recovery from the coronavirus outbreak.
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Brasile USA
Pandemic Epicenter, Brazil Leads Economic Rebound in Latin America
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil, faced with the most severe Covid-19 outbreak in Latin America, emerges with the mildest recession in the region this year, driven by a faster economic reopening and temporary stimulus measures. Behind only the US as the global epicenter of the virus, the country has ...
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Brasile Cina
Brazil Calls on China to Explain Allegations of Coronavirus-Contaminated Chicken
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Yesterday, August 13th, the Ministry of Agriculture called on China to explain the alleged contamination with the novel coronavirus of a batch of Brazilian frozen chicken. In a statement, the portfolio reported that it has not yet been officially notified by the Chinese government and ...
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Brasile
Central Bank Does Not Envision Second Covid-19 Wave in Brazil, Says Director
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Central Bank does not expect a "second wave" of the novel coronavirus pandemic to occur in the country, Fabio Kanczuk, the Central Bank's director of economic policy, said yesterday during an online seminar promoted by the Association of Banks in the State of Rio ...
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Brasile USA
Brazil Can Generate R$2.8 Trillion with “Green Economy”, Says WRI Study
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The economic rebound, after the shock triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic, could generate two million jobs and add R$2.8 trillion (US$560 billion) to Brazil's GDP, in addition to helping the country become more resilient to climate change, if investments are directed towards a greener economy. ...
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Brasile
Brazilian Health Plans Must Cover Covid-19 Serological Test, Determines National Agency
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Thursday, August 13th, the National Supplementary Health Agency (ANS), which regulates private health plans, decided in a board meeting to include the performance of serological tests for coronavirus in the list of minimum compulsory insurance coverage. The decision comes almost a month after the ...
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USA
USA, deludente crescita vendite dettaglio a luglio
(Teleborsa) - Crescono meno delle attese le vendite al dettaglio negli Stati Uniti. Nel mese di luglio si è registrato infatti un aumento mensile dell'1,2% a 536 miliardi di dollari, dopo il +8,4%...
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Nuova Zelanda
Lockdown Level 3 for 12 more days – the PM’s full speech
Prime Minister’s Press Conference [and commentary from Finance Minister Grant Robertson at the end] Good afternoon. It has been 53 hours since we moved Auckland into Covid Alert Level 3 and the rest of New Zealand to Level 2. This afternoon Cabinet met to receive the latest information and advice ...
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Giappone
Japan’s economy set to crater by a record in awful quarter
Analysts see gross domestic product contracting at an annualized pace of 27 percent in the three months through June.