Economy

Updates on Brazilian economics, business, and politics, as well as international issues that may influence them. Federal government projects, macroeconomic and microeconomic plans, and other news that may benefit the sustainable and employment-generating sectors.

Economy

Use of slimming pens skyrockets in Brazil, surpasses the global average, and causes unexpected changes in consumption habits, diet, beauty, and the wellness market.

Jefferson Augusto 02/06/2026 at 21:12

Economy

Itaú shuts down service, lays off 350 employees, and creates internal tension after closing an operation created just 10 months ago; employees report pressure for targets, system failures, and extra costs to serve customers.

Alisson Ficher 02/06/2026 at 18:59

Economy

Brazil prepares diplomatic move to try to prevent 25% tariffs from the US

Fabio Lucas Carvalho 02/06/2026 at 17:35

Economy

A U.S. document states that Pix has become a “national champion” in Brazil and that American rivals are partly funding the strength of the free system.

Caio Aviz 02/06/2026 at 16:32

Economy

A pair of Chinese shoes arrived in Brazil in 2025 costing an average of US$ 4.50, an impossible price to match that helped reduce national footwear production by 1.9%, close around 3,000 jobs, and bring imports to the highest volume in ten years, according to Abicalçados.

Bruno Teles 02/06/2026 at 16:02

Economy

USA “threatens” Brazilian imports with a 25% tariff citing digital commerce, Pix, deforestation, and patents, but exempts strategic products, while China offers itself as a partner and talks about defending Brazil’s sovereignty.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 02/06/2026 at 15:32

Economy

City in SC with less than 5,000 inhabitants receives a historic package of R$ 10.7 million, delivers paved streets and a children’s center, purchases an excavator and a minibus, and prepares new projects in health, education, and infrastructure for the local population.

Carla Teles 02/06/2026 at 15:17

Economy

Michelin tire giant plans to cut up to 1,500 jobs in France after the war in Iran raised costs by €400 million, in a three-year restructuring aimed at reducing expenses without mandatory layoffs while still maintaining hiring.

Carla Teles 02/06/2026 at 14:47

Economy

While generating revenue of R$ 43.5 billion and recording a profit of R$ 2 billion, Grupo Mateus laid off 6,673 employees in six states in the North and Northeast.

Noel Budeguer 02/06/2026 at 13:56

Economy

Supermarket giant has just closed 28 stores and left 6,673 people unemployed in the North and Northeast of Brazil.

Noel Budeguer 02/06/2026 at 13:25

Agribusiness

Now Brazil has moved up a level: flying robots are starting to be tested to harvest oranges on farms, selecting ripe fruits with cameras and sensors, sucking each fruit without dropping it, and promising to help producers in the face of labor shortages in orchards.

Romário Pereira de Carvalho 02/06/2026 at 13:23

Economy

While Luciano Hang says that Brazilians have gotten used to R$ 600 and Luciano Huck warns about the “dependency” on Bolsa Família, the Brazilian municipality of Bento Gonçalves reduced the number of beneficiaries by 40% by offering job opportunities to families; the city, with an average salary of R$ 5,022, has become one of the country’s biggest success stories.

Valdemar Medeiros 02/06/2026 at 12:17

Economy

Use of slimming pens skyrockets in Brazil, surpasses the global average, and causes unexpected changes in consumption habits, diet, beauty, and the wellness market.

Itaú shuts down service, lays off 350 employees, and creates internal tension after closing an operation created just 10 months ago; employees report pressure for targets, system failures, and extra costs to serve customers.

Brazil prepares diplomatic move to try to prevent 25% tariffs from the US

A U.S. document states that Pix has become a “national champion” in Brazil and that American rivals are partly funding the strength of the free system.

A pair of Chinese shoes arrived in Brazil in 2025 costing an average of US$ 4.50, an impossible price to match that helped reduce national footwear production by 1.9%, close around 3,000 jobs, and bring imports to the highest volume in ten years, according to Abicalçados.

USA “threatens” Brazilian imports with a 25% tariff citing digital commerce, Pix, deforestation, and patents, but exempts strategic products, while China offers itself as a partner and talks about defending Brazil’s sovereignty.

City in SC with less than 5,000 inhabitants receives a historic package of R$ 10.7 million, delivers paved streets and a children’s center, purchases an excavator and a minibus, and prepares new projects in health, education, and infrastructure for the local population.

Michelin tire giant plans to cut up to 1,500 jobs in France after the war in Iran raised costs by €400 million, in a three-year restructuring aimed at reducing expenses without mandatory layoffs while still maintaining hiring.

While generating revenue of R$ 43.5 billion and recording a profit of R$ 2 billion, Grupo Mateus laid off 6,673 employees in six states in the North and Northeast.

Supermarket giant has just closed 28 stores and left 6,673 people unemployed in the North and Northeast of Brazil.

Now Brazil has moved up a level: flying robots are starting to be tested to harvest oranges on farms, selecting ripe fruits with cameras and sensors, sucking each fruit without dropping it, and promising to help producers in the face of labor shortages in orchards.

A giant printer called the “Ferrari” of concrete has landed in Latin America and can already build a 120-square-meter house in just 48 hours, making the traditional construction site look like something from the last century.

Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt has ceased to be a climatic phenomenon and has become a biological system that feeds on itself, with 8,000 kilometers in length, 37 million tons of algae, and scientists confirm that it is now permanent.

Brazil will harvest a record crop of up to 357 million tons of grains, but it does not have the capacity to store a large part of it. The storage deficit has reached the highest level in history and is equivalent to almost the entire production of Argentina.

Under nearly 2 kilometers of ice in Antarctica, scientists have discovered an ancient landscape sculpted by rivers up to 60 million years ago, the size of Wales, preserved as a time capsule that could help predict the advance of ice towards the ocean.

She started by collecting oyster shells from restaurants and today she has already accumulated more than 10 tons to restore reefs, recover coastal habitats, and demonstrate how a common waste can become a tool for ocean conservation.

Turkey is building a billion-dollar shortcut to channel billions of dollars by sea with a 45 km long canal, 275 meters wide and 20.75 meters deep, which promises to relieve the Bosphorus amid the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz.