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, […]