Exchanges abroad have a positive day in the last trading session before Christmas. There is an effort to recover the losses caused by the Ômicron variant, responsible for the rise in the Asian and European markets.
Several countries continue to adopt restrictive measures for the holiday season. Laboratories and pharmaceutical companies announce medications and studies that show a good response of vaccines against Covid-19 with booster doses, reducing uncertainty.
On Wednesday (22), the US health surveillance agency approved the emergency use of Pfizer’s drug against Covid. This Thursday (23), AstraZeneca announced a good response of its immunizer to Ômicron after a third dose.
In South Africa, studies show that, despite having a high contagion power, infection by the new variant of the coronavirus is less serious. In other words, the countries’ efforts must be to advance vaccination coverage.
Brazil
The approval of the federal budget usually closes the season of political clashes that cause uncertainty in the year. This was not what happened in 2020 or this year.
The 2021 budget was only approved in March, after many clashes between the Executive and Parliament. This year, Congress met the deadline, but the budget piece got worse.
President Jair Bolsonaro’s desire to please police officers with higher salaries was met with fewer resources, but at an incalculable cost.
The IRS was the first to start a possible wave of protests, while hundreds of high-ranking civil servants asked to be dismissed in several states.
The exclusive privilege to the police has stirred up other categories, which promise a slow operation, stoppages, a state of strike and more protests.
agenda of the day
The IPCA-15 (Extended National Consumer Price Index 15) for December came out at 0.78%, better than expected by analysts. It is the first time in four months that the index is below 1%.
With this result, the preview of the index closed the year at 10.42%, signaling that, for the first time since 2015, Brazil ends the year with double-digit inflation.
The IPCA-15 diffusion index rose from 65% in November to 69% in December. Among the nine groups of products and services surveyed, seven increased in December.
The Ministry of Labor releases on Thursday (23) the result of the General Register of Employed and Unemployed (Caged) of November. 216,000 jobs are expected to be created, a number below the 253,000 created in October.
Abroad, many indicators of the US economy are emerging, such as core inflation, requests for unemployment benefits and orders for durable goods in November.
Reference: CNN Brasil
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