Brazil - Economic Meltdowns

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States slipped from first to third place after the U.K. and Australia in a ranking of financial development released by the World Economic Forum on Thursday, as the global financial crisis badly hurt bank stability in ...

Brazil said Sunday it is spending up to 22 billion dollars in stimulus measures to counter the effects of the financial crisis, significantly less than other big economies. "By the end of the year we should have spent between 1.0 and 1.5 ...

Major emerging economies Brazil, Russia, India and China told their G20 counterparts on Friday it was "too early" to speak of an end to the global economic crisis. "We welcome the first signs that the global economy is beginning to improve and ...

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Developed countries will lose about 30 million jobs from the end of 2007 through the end of 2010, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said on Tuesday, underscoring concerns the global economy has yet to recover from its ...

Brazil's economy entered recession as gross domestic product fell 0.8 percent in first quarter, the government announced Tuesday. The drop followed a 3.6 percent decline in output in the fourth quarter of 2008, which officials said means Brazil's economy now meets the ...

The world's consumers are paying more attention to their impact on the environment, encouraged in part by the economic crisis and the need to save on energy costs, according to a report. The National Geographic Society and the international polling firm GlobeScan ...

Brazil's once-booming agribusiness sector grinds to a halt amid economic meltdownA year ago, Brazil's breadbasket saw what resembled a gold rush as farmers scrambled to increase acreage amid record demand for soy. Today, much of the region is on its knees, victim ...

Center-left leaders meet in Chile Saturday at a conference dominated by the financial crisis and global efforts to tackle it, ahead of a key G20 summit in London next week. Amid a spiraling worldwide economic meltdown, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and ...

Brazil's economy grew strongly for much of last year -- but then had its legs knocked out from underneath it when the global crisis struck, according to official data released Tuesday. Gross domestic product for all of 2008 expanded 5.1 percent, reaching ...

The World Social Forum was wrapping up in Brazil on Sunday amid criticism that lack of organization prevented participants from reaching common solutions to the global economic crisis and other issues. Some of the 100,000 participants in the biggest gathering of leftwing ...

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Topic: Brazil

U.S. falls 3rd in bank ranking, after UK, Australia

Brazil spends less to counter financial crisis: govt

Emerging nations warn 'too early' to see end of recession

OECD countries seen losing 30 million jobs from 2007-2010

Brazil officially in recession

World's consumers heed environmental needs: study

Brazil breadbasket teeters with economic meltdown

Center-left leaders mull crisis strategy ahead of G20

Crisis hits Brazilian economic growth

Solutions to crisis elude 'disorganized' World Social Forum

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