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Growth slips through last year-end
Fourth-quarter national accounts revealed that Brazil’s two-year-old economic recovery stumbled through last year-end. Economic growth is estimated to have come in at a seasonally-adjusted 0.1% quarter-on-quarter, down from the third quarter’s 0.5% quarter-on-quarter outturn and well below analysts’ expectations.
Domestically, fixed investment fell sharply from a quarter earlier (Q4: -2.5% quarter-on-quarter s.a.; Q3: +5.5% qoq s.a.) amid plunging inventories and higher borrowing costs. Moreover, government spending fell (Q4: -0.3% qoq s.a.; Q3: +0.3% qoq s.a). Household spending, meanwhile, largely held up (Q4: +0.4% qoq s.a.; Q3: +0.5% qoq s.a) in line with the improving labor market and despite election-year political wrangling.
On the external front, growth of exports of goods and services moderated considerably (Q4: +3.6% qoq s.a.; Q3: +6.3% qoq s.a) amid regional tumult and an increasingly challenging economic backdrop. Imports of goods and services, on the other hand, contracted sharply (Q4: -6.6% qoq s.a.; Q3: +9.4% qoq s.a) in line with fewer receipts of machinery and equipment.
On an annual basis, growth slowed to 1.1% from 1.3% a quarter earlier.
LatinFocus Consensus Forecast panelists see growth at 2.4% in 2019, which is unchanged from last month’s estimate. For 2020, the panel sees the economy growing 2.5%.
Brazil - Investment Data
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Investment (annual variation in %) | 5.8 | -4.2 | -13.9 | -10.3 | -1.8 |
Brazil Facts
| Value | Change | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bond Yield | 8.72 | -0.82 % | Mar 20 |
| Exchange Rate | 3.78 | -0.13 % | Mar 20 |
| Stock Market | 98,041 | -0.40 % | Mar 20 |
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