Last Updated: Friday, August 7, 2015, 21:32
Brazil`s annual inflation rate climbed to 9.56 percent in July, the highest level since 2003, official data showed Friday.
Last Updated: Wednesday, July 29, 2015, 11:29
US credit ratings agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) has lowered its forecast for Brazil's foreign currency debt from stable to negative while maintaining the country`s long-term rating at BBB-.
Last Updated: Saturday, June 20, 2015, 09:49
Brazilian police began another phase in the investigation of massive corruption at state oil company Petrobras, arresting the heads of two of the country`s most important companies.
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 9, 2015, 21:09
Brazil announced a $64-billion infrastructure spending package on Tuesday, hoping to revive its flagging economy with investment in highways, railroads, ports and airports.
Last Updated: Tuesday, May 19, 2015, 23:55
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang lifted the wraps Tuesday on a multibillion series of trade and investment deals with Brazil, as Beijing looks to invest some $50 billion in South America`s largest economy.
Last Updated: Tuesday, May 19, 2015, 23:00
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang began a three-day visit to Brazil on Tuesday where he was to unveil a $50 billion investment package during talks in Brasilia with President Dilma Rousseff.
Last Updated: Wednesday, March 25, 2015, 20:56
Brazil`s central bank announced the end of a program to support the strength of the national currency, the real, despite its continued decline.
Last Updated: Thursday, January 29, 2015, 23:06
Joblessness in Brazil, the world`s seventh largest economy, averaged 4.8 percent in 2014, a historic low despite slowing economic growth and rising inflation.
Last Updated: Saturday, January 10, 2015, 00:11
Inflation in Brazil hit 6.41 percent in 2014, marginally below a government ceiling of 6.5 percent but still the highest annual figure since 2011, the National Statistical Institute (IBGE) said Friday.
Last Updated: Saturday, November 29, 2014, 05:17
Brazil`s economy exited recession with growth of 0.1 percent in the third quarter, the government said Friday, a tepid result that is nevertheless welcome news for struggling President Dilma Rousseff.
Last Updated: Saturday, December 28, 2013, 03:37
President Dilma Rousseff on Friday vowed to improve warning systems after touring flood-hit areas of southeast Brazil where 40 people have died following torrential rains.
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 20:28
Brazil President Dilma Rousseff on Tuesday flew over the flood-hit southeastern state of Espirito Santo, where at least eight people have died in days of torrential rain.
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