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Brazil: GDP-FGV monitor shows a 0.7% retraction in the economy in...
The GDP-FGV Monitor showed a 0.7% retraction in economic activity in October, compared to September, and a growth of 1% in the...
Netherlands: International service trade below pre-pandemic level
In the first nine months of 2021, exports of services were 1.2 percent up on one year previously and stood at 146.3...
Brazil: Central Bank reduces economic growth forecast from 4.7% to 4.4%...
The Brazilian Central Bank (BC) reduced its projection for economic growth in 2021. The estimate for the expansion of the Gross Domestic...
Netherlands: More bankruptcies in November
The number of corporate bankruptcies, adjusted for court session days, has increased. There were 57 more bankruptcies in November than in the...
Brazil: Port throughput grows 5.5% from January to October
The Brazilian port sector, which includes public and private ports, handled one billion tonnes from January to October 2021, according to data...
Netherlands: Exports virtually the same in October
In October 2021, the total volume of goods exports was up by 0.1 percent year-on-year, as reported by Statistics Netherlands (CBS). The...
Global Economic Barometers are relatively stable in December
After falling sharply throughout the second half of 2021, the Global Economic Barometers were relatively stable in December. The Coincident Barometer interrupted...
Brazil increases base interest rate to 9.25% per year
With the increase in inflation, the Brazilian Central Bank made one more adjustment in basic interest rates to try to hold back...
Brazil: AEB forecasts a drop in exports and trade balance surplus...
Brazilian exports are expected to reach US$ 262.379 billion next year, which will represent a drop of 4.7% compared to the US$...
Netherlands: Strongest inflation in almost 40 years
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports that the consumer price index (CPI) was 5.2 percent higher in November than in the same month last...
Brazil: Financial market projects published at 10.18% for this year
The financial market forecast for the Brazilian Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA), considered the country's official information, rose from 10.15% to...
Netherlands: Turnover in accommodation and food services almost back at pre-COVID...
In the third quarter of this year, turnover (seasonally adjusted) in the accommodation and food services sector rose by 53.6 percent relative...
Brazil: Brazilian economy drops 0.1% in the third quarter of this...
The Brazilian Gross Domestic Product (GDP) dropped 0.1% in the third quarter of this year, compared to the previous quarter. The GDP,...
Brazil: Trade balance has deficit of $1.3 billion in November
The Brazilian trade balance registered a deficit of US$ 1.307 billion in November this year, which means that imports surpassed exports. According...
Netherlands: Retail turnover almost 7 percent up in October
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports for October 2021 that the Dutch retail sector recorded 6.6 percent year-on-year turnover growth. The volume of sales...
Netherlands: Producer confidence at new record high
In November 2021, the mood among Dutch manufacturers has improved again. Confidence has risen from 12.3 in October to 12.7 in November,...
Brazil: Confidence retreats in 24 of 30 industry sectors in November
The Brazilian Industrial Entrepreneur Confidence Index (Icei) dropped in 24 of the 30 sectors analyzed by the National Confederation of Industry (CNI)...
Netherlands: Investments almost 1 percent up in September
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports that the volume of investments in tangible fixed assets rose by 0.6% year-on-year in September 2021. Investments in...
Falling expectations worsens the economic climate in Latin America
The Latin American Economic Climate Index (ICE), released last Tuesday (23) by the Brazilian Institute of Economics of the Getulio Vargas Foundation...
Netherlands: Economic outlook improving
In November, the economic situation according to the CBS Business Cycle Tracer has improved again. Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports that as of...
