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Despite government policies which have tried to keep the increasingly high inflation rate in check and the central bank increasing the benchmark lending rate, brazils economy has encountered a 0.31% decrease in economic activity. Despite a growth in retail sales in November and stimulus spending by the government, the economy has contracted as prices rose and decreasing business confidence lead to a decline in investment.

Trying to protect Brazils forests is a difficulty. Logging cannot be stopped due to common access to the amazon. Farmers make use of the forests until they maximize their utility, causing negative externalities. River banks are ednagered by erosion and wildlife loses its inhabitat. The new Laws by the government are not good enough to prevent logging and support sustainability.

The PlayStation 4, which goes on sale in Latin America on Nov. 29, runs only $399 in the US - but for the average Brazilian, it will cost two months' salary. It's not easy being a gamer in Brazil.

Being from Brazil, this article is very interesting personally. However; I can assume that most of you like sugar or at least eat something that contains it! The amount of sugar lost in this fire is tremendous and will cause the price of sugar to rise in the future. Check it out!

The party running for election in Brazil believes that the government should have the final say in deciding the monetary policies.

China is Brazil's biggest trading partner, and is gaining independence from imports through growing economic power. The resulting fall in demand for Brazilian exports has hit the Brazilian economy hard, as import rates are now higher than export rates. This caused a trade deficit.

This article is an example of aggregate demand. Its states that demand for energy in India would rise and outpace the aggregate demand of other countries like Russia, Brazil, and China. It is determined that India would become the third largest country of energy consumption in 7 years due to the overall demand of the nation's population.

California has turned itself around recently, surpassing Russia, Italy, and now Brasil in terms of economic might, producing at an equivalent to 2.20 trillion in 2013, and is only expanding, providing much needed cash inflows to the state.