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The number of international flight arrivals to Brazil in August this year was the highest ever recorded since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the Brazilian Agency for International Tourism Promotion (Embratur), only last month there were 4,003 arrivals, which represents 80.71% of the capacity demonstrated in 2019. Compared to August 2021, it […]

Mercedes-Benz workers in São Bernardo do Campo, in ABC Paulista, decided to stop the activities of the factory after the meeting held on Thursday afternoon (8). They also decided not to go to work this Friday (9) in protest against the decision of the truck and bus maker to lay off 3,600 employees. The number […]

A study by the Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo (Fiesp) and the Center of Industries of the State of São Paulo (Ciesp) released this Thursday (8) shows that the so-called Custo Brasil increases the cost of national industrial products by 25.4%, in average. The creation of a Value Added Tax (VAT) […]

Industrial production increased in four of the fifteen locations surveyed by the IBGE from June to July, according to the Regional Monthly Industrial Survey (PIM) released this Friday (9). The biggest increases were registered in Pará (4.7%), Mato Grosso (3.7%), Santa Catarina (1.9%) and Rio de Janeiro (0.7%). The results in these states were higher […]

China is beset by serious economic problems. Growth has stalled, youth unemployment is at record highs, the housing market is collapsing and companies are struggling with recurring supply chain headaches. The world’s second-largest economy is facing the brunt of severe drought and its vast real estate sector is suffering the consequences of accumulating debt. But […]

The European Central Bank (ECB) needs to keep raising interest rates, prioritizing the fight against high inflation, even if this comes at a cost to growth, the institution’s monetary policymakers said on Friday (9). The ECB raised interest rates by 75 basis points on Thursday, just weeks after a 50-basis-point hike, and promised several more […]

The National Electric Energy Agency (Aneel) suspended the auction for contracting A-5 energy, which was scheduled for September 16. In a statement released on Thursday night (8), the agency’s bidding committee said that “inconsistency” had been identified in the Auction Management System (SGL). As a result, the registration and proposal guarantee phase for participation in […]

Russians will have a chance to buy Apple’s new iPhone 14 despite the US tech company having left the country thanks to Moscow’s parallel import scheme, a senior government official told the RIA Novosti news agency on Thursday. fair (8). Russia announced the scheme in March when it authorized retailers to import products from abroad […]

O dollar fell 0.30%, quoted at R$5.190, around 9:25 am this Friday (9), following a weak performance abroad after the most recent interest rate hike in the euro zone and with the real benefited by an inflow of investments amid a positive domestic economic scenario. The day before, the European Central Bank (ECB ) raised […]

The IPCA (Broad Consumer Price Index) – which measures the country’s official inflation -, fell for the second month in a row in August, with a drop of 0.36%, informed the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics) this Friday. thursday (9). In July, the index had retreated 0.68%. In the year, accumulated inflation is […]