Activity in the services sector fell by 0.2% in February, compared to January, according to the Monthly Services Survey (PMS) released Tuesday by the statistics agency IBGE. The seasonally adjusted result was well below the median estimate of 20 consulting and financial firms consulted by Valor Data, which estimated a growth of 0.7%. The projections […]
The inflation surge is expected to virtually annul the government’s attempt to offer support to household income and, consequently, to consumer spending, with fiscal stimulus measures such as the release of money from the Workers’ Severance Fund (FGTS) from this month on, a study by Santander shows. Economists Gabriel Couto and Ítalo Franca estimate that […]
Private-equity funds made investments of R$11.6 billion in Brazilian companies in the first quarter, up 8.4% year over year. The faster pace, this time, appears among the portfolios that invest in more mature companies, with R$5.2 billion, compared to R$1.9 billion in the same period in 2021. The venture capital portfolios, which focus on projects […]
The Brazilian cement market, strongly affected by rains in some regions of the country in January and February, closed the first quarter of the year with a decline of 2.4% in sales, said SNIC, a trade association representing companies in the sector. In March, however, there was some recovery, with a 0.3% increase in sales, […]
Telecom Vivo announced on Monday the creation of its first corporate venture capital (CVC) fund to invest R$320 million in startups over the next five years. The amount makes Vivo Ventures one of the largest CVCs in Brazil. The company plans to invest in 12 to 20 startups, with stakes in the range of R$15 […]
Thales, a heavyweight of the global aerospace industry, has joined forces with Eve to help it develop electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles (eVTOLs). Initially, the French multinational and Embraer-controlled company will conduct joint studies for 12 months starting in January, focusing on the aircraft’s systems. But the partnership can be extended to the other […]
Electricity bills will come without any extra charge this year after the improvement in rainfall in the last wet season in Brazil, said Luiz Carlos Ciocchi, the director-general of national grid operator ONS. This is possible because the reservoirs of the National Interconnected System (SIN) reached a water storage volume of 63.1% at the beginning […]
Ambev, the owner of beer brands Brahma, Skol and Antarctica, is presenting a “new chapter” of its history to investors this Tuesday. “To say we are a beverage company no longer represents us entirely,” CEO Jean Jereissati told Valor. The group wants to be, more and more, a platform, which goes beyond selling beer or […]
Central Bank President Roberto Campos Neto downplayed concerns about the sharp acceleration in March inflation, seeking to contain the market’s reaction to the latest reading of the IPCA, Brazil’s official inflation index, unveiled Friday. Inflation was up 1.62% in the month, above the median of 41 projections compiled by Valor Data, of 1.32%. The financial […]
The states started this election with accelerated investments, even with more restrained revenue growth. The combined investments of 26 states and the Federal District totaled R$4.24 billion in the first two months of the year, up 115% year over year. The data shows, according to experts in public accounts, that these expenditures by states are […]