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| PAINT&PINTURA |Agosto2016
GOODNEWSAT LAST!
The second half of this year has already started bring-
ingalongmorepositive forecasts forour economy. The
Central Bank, for example, announced on July 20 that
thereareprospectsfortheBrazilianeconomytostabilize
in the short term. There’s a light at the endof the tun-
nel, as the institution sees Brazil on thepath to amore
positive scenario.
Fluctuations intheeconomy leadanalyststobelievethat
the recession is very near the end based the evidence
available, includinggreater confidence that apick-up in
business is approaching. In an interview published by
major Brazilian newspaper Folha de São Paulo on July
15,Santander’schiefeconomistMaurícioMolansaidthat
themainpieceofevidence istheconfidence levelamong
investors,businessmenandconsumers.“There’sahistori-
cal pattern that shows it takes three to sixmonths for
themarket’s confidence to reachbusinessmen and the
real economy. This suggests that theeconomy tends to
stabilize inthesecondquarterandpossiblyreturntothe
black in the thirdquarter,”Molan says.
Surveyswithentrepreneurs inthe industry,accordingto
FundaçãoGetulioVargas(FGV),showthatconfidence lev-
els improved inJuneforthefourthmonth inaraw,while
consumer confidence rose inMayand Juneof thisyear.
The industrydoeshavesignsof improvementand really
optimistic projections to show, and that is based, for
example, on the production of motor vehicles, which
displayed improvement in June.
The IMF also projects “normalization” in the Brazilian
economy.“Weseeevidenceofchangeandaneconomic
upturn,”saidOyaCelasun,Chiefofthe IMF’sWorldEconomic
StudiesDivision, inanarticlepublishedonmediaoutletG1on
July 19.
The data published by the International Monetary Fund has
been thefirst to forecastgrowth in thecountry’sGDP (Gross
Domestic Product) for this year. The Brazilian economy is
nowexpected to“shrink”3.3percent in2016, againstApril’s
projected fall of 3.8percent.
For next year, the IMF expects the Brazilian economy to re-
sumegrowth,witha0.5-percent increase inthecountry’sGDP.
“Thefinancialmarket is respondingwell to thenewphase in
Brazil’s economy, and consumption is expected to improve
with the riseof confidence in its indicators,” saidOya.
Accordingly,wearemovingon toanew stage, andmay that
beoneofupturn inBrazil’seconomy, oneofgood results for
the industry, of new investments, anda favorableandmuch
moreoptimisticscenario.Wearegraduallygoingtogetthere!
LucéliaMonfardini
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