Talk:Economy of Brazil
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If some countries figures concerning GDP are expressed in PPP (like US GDP in the page Economy_of_US, for example), why Brazilian's is expressed using market exchange rates? Cesar Moura 11:12, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
I don't think this should be added to all the CIA World Factbook pages. There's a whole set for each country. They should be consistent, I think. It's just one extra click to navigate through the main Brazil page (linked in the page header and footer). --Pinkunicorn
If you change the world classification of economies from Brazil being at the 9th to the 11th, then you should also change the classification in the table at the right side and you should consistently explain why do you consider better this alternative ranking to the GDP PPC used before. --Poldavo
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[edit] Added paragraphs
We are NOT covering Brasil's economic history in a good way.
THE ARTICLE DOESN'T MENTION:
-Brazil's depency on coffee exportation in the early 1900's
-JK's "50 years in 5"
-Economic miracle of the 70's
-Delfim Neto.
I added something about the 80's high inflation, and the failed attempts to control inflation. EconomistBR 02:30, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] National accounts
I wouldn't mind having some of the flow numbers, and especially the increase numbers, like GDP growth, for a few years back, one year really doedn't say a lot. Of course, you would like to have a chart of especially GDP growth rate.--Jerryseinfeld 20:40, 11 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Hmmm someone was playing around changing words into godzilla and the like but as i have a mastercopy i fixed it relatively quickly. Replayee
This page needs updates. Angra II Nuclear Plant has been in operation for years and we only import 12% of our oil, not 33%.
[edit] Oil Self-Sufficiency
The data concerning oil imports/exports and consumption/production is obsolete. Normally, I wouldn't much mind, but seeing as the country has recently reached a consumption/production ratio where it actually produces more than it uses, I'd say corrections are in order.
[edit] Macro-economic trend
Two remarks: (1) the numbers in the table are not in constant currency terms (or at least the source doesn't seem to indicate that), which means that the number takes inflation into account (i.e. "nominal growth" as opposed to "real growth"); (2) it could be useful to also state the growth in international currency terms (USD, or perhaps euro), as most people don't know how much a realo is worth. Sijo Ripa 10:34, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
- I have changed the table from a new source. I prefer current prices plus the ruling forex conversion rate to the arbitrary constant prices as it reflects market reality better. But a new issue has come up. Dollar values of GDP are available from IMF but not the exchange rate of the Brazilian currencies in circulaton then. So I have presumed the exchange to be constant during 1942-94. The new table is based on this:
| Year | Brazilian Currency | US Dollar Exchange |
|---|---|---|
| 1942 | 1 old cruzeiro = 1,000 reis | |
| 1967 | 1 new cruzeiro = 1,000 old cruzeiros | |
| 1970 | 1 cruzeiro = 1 new cruzeiro | |
| 1986 | 1 cruzado = 1,000 cruzeiros | |
| 1989 | 1 new cruzado = 1,000 cruzados | |
| 1990 | 1 cruzeiro = 1 new cruzado | |
| 1993 | 1 cruzeiro real = 1,000 cruzeiros | |
| 1994 | 1 real = 2.75 cruzeiro reals |
