Brazil retail sales up 0.1% in April driven by Easter
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Retail sales in Brazil rose for the second consecutive month in April driven by Easter sales, data from government statistics agency IBGE showed on Wednesday, but…
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Retail sales in Brazil rose for the second consecutive month in April driven by Easter sales, data from government statistics agency IBGE showed on Wednesday, but…
By Gabriel Araujo SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian airline Azul is ready to raise additional capital, its chief executive said in an interview, after reaching deals with lessors and bondholders…
BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian economists have reduced their long-term inflation expectations, putting an end to months of unchanged projections that the central bank had cited as a cause for…
By Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Revised trade accords with most of Brazil’s trade partners, including China, make it unlikely the world’s largest chicken supplier will impose a nationwide…
By Marcelo Teixeira NEW YORK (Reuters) – A group of U.S. congressmen have formally complained about what they call unfair ethanol trade practices by Brazil that includes a blockade of…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil posted a $11.4 billion trade surplus in May, marking a record for any given month since the data series began in 1989, official data showed on…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s formal job creation fell short of expectations in April, with a net of 180,005 positions, according to figures released by the Labor Ministry on Wednesday. Economists…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s central government primary budget surplus dropped by 48.3% in April in real terms from the same period last year, Treasury figures showed on Tuesday, on the…
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Inflation in Brazil continued to slow down in early May, data from statistics agency IBGE showed on Thursday, in a move that surprised markets and is…
By Gabriel Burin and Noe Torres BUENOS AIRES/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Brazilian stocks are expected to keep drifting higher this year on mixed company earnings, as food exporters feel the…
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s retail sales smashed market estimates in March, growing more than the highest forecast in a Reuters poll of economists, in a positive reading for the…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil faces challenges in consolidating disinflation despite progress made so far, central bank chief Roberto Campos Neto said on Wednesday, again highlighting concerns with rising inflation expectations.…
By Gabriel Araujo SAO PAULO (Reuters) – France’s Thales SA will provide maintenance services for Brazilian airline Gol in Brazil instead of abroad, the companies outlined on Tuesday in a…
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s federal police said on Thursday the country had frozen roughly 40 million reais ($7.99 million) belonging to alleged financiers of the Jan. 8 riots in…
By Andrea Shalal NIIGATA, Japan (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen highlighted the fight against climate change and other goals shared by the United States and Brazil, in a…
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Heineken NV, the world’s second-largest brewer, said on Thursday it will invest 1.5 billion reais ($300.8 million) in Brazil as part of an expansion plan for…
By Bernardo Caram and Nicolás Misculin BRASILIA/BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina is seeking new easing of targets in its $44 billion deal with the International Monetary Fund and faster payouts,…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s government has dealt a setback to new entrants hoping to capture a larger share of the concentrated meal voucher market by delaying regulations for its long-awaited…
By Marta Nogueira RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Public prosecutors in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais have filed a lawsuit against AngloGold Ashanti seeking 50 million reais ($9.91 million)…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s government is considering clarifying the size of each company’s tax benefits as part of a campaign to end tax exemptions and improve public finances, Finance Minister…
By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) – Government officials from Brazil are using their president’s first visit to Europe since being elected to raise awareness and fight against the racial discrimination…
By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) – Brazil hopes the Mercosur trade deal with the European Union (EU) will be concluded this year, a government official said on Sunday, ending years…
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s Treasury Secretary Rogerio Ceron said on Wednesday that a new fiscal framework proposed by the government was designed to last for a long time, facing…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Planning Ministry announced on Friday a zero primary deficit target for 2024, but stated that 172 billion reais ($35.03 billion) in government spending depends on the…
By Marcela Ayres and Bernardo Caram BRASILIA (Reuters) – Foreign investors are returning in numbers to Brazil’s public debt market, Treasury Secretary Rogerio Ceron told Reuters, just after local financial…