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Brasile
Produção agropecuária de 2020 alcança R$ 871 bilhões
O Valor Bruto da Produção Agropecuária (VBP) de 2020 alcançou R$ 871,3 bilhões, tornando-se o maior da série histórica desde 1989. O crescimento real foi de 17%. O segundo melhor resultado ocorreu em 2015, com R$ 759,6 bilhões. Os dados já incluem as estatísticas de dezembro do ano passado. As lavouras tiveram faturamento ...
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USA
‘We Need to Stabilize’: Big Business Breaks With Republicans
Low taxes and light regulation made the party popular with corporate America for decades. President Trump and his supporters have frayed those bonds.
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Regno Unito
David Barclay, Reclusive British Business Mogul, Dies at 86
With his twin brother, Frederick, he built a media and business empire that included the Ritz Hotel in London and The Daily Telegraph.
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Cina
How China's Economy Bounced Back From Covid-19
Officials pushed factories to reopen the same way they forced the country to shut down. In one small town, it led to a chili-sauce-fueled revival.
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Brasile
Brazil’s Retail Sales Drop 0.1% in November, Ending Six Months of Growth
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Retail sales in Brazil, one of the engines of the country's economy, fell by 0.1 percent in November 2020 against October, ending six consecutive monthly increases, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) reported on Friday, January 15th. Rising inflation, which led to reduced ...
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Brasile
Bolsonaro Announces Tire Fee Cut to Please Brazil´s Truckers
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In a live stream on Thursday night, January 14th, President Bolsonaro said he intends to clear the import tariff on tires, currently at around 16%, in a move to please truckers. The category is threatening to strike on February 1st. "Next week, the import tariff ...
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Brasile Cina USA
China Accounts for Two-thirds of Brazil’s Trade Balance Surplus in 2020, Says FGV
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Established as Brazil's main trading partner, China accounted for US$33.6 billion of the US$50.9 billion trade balance surplus in 2020, according to data from the Foreign Trade Indicator (ICOMEX), released this Friday, January 15th by the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV). The 17% increase, in volume, ...
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Brasile USA
IPEA Points to 6.22% Inflation for Poorer Brazilian Families in 2020
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA) says that the Inflation rate for families with the lowest monthly income - less than R$1,650.50 (US$311) - stood at 1.58% in December 2020. In the bracket representing higher income families (with household income over R$16,509.66), the variation ...
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Brasile
Voo que iria para Índia buscar vacina é adiado; avião volta para SP
Aeronave deveria sair do Recife às 23h desta sexta-feira (15), mas partida foi cancelada, de acordo com Azul Linhas Aérea; nova data não foi anunciada
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USA
James Murdoch blasts US media for unleashing ‘insidious forces’
Comments from Rupert’s son are his strongest rebuke of industry practices since leaving the family business