NEWS IN ENGLISH – Brazil’s economy begins 2012 with GDP growth of 0.2% in first quarter

01/06/2012 09:58
Enviado por allen, 01/06/2012 - 9h58

Vitor Abdala     Reporter Agência Brasil

Rio de Janeiro – GDP growth during the first quarter of 2012 was 0.2%, compared to the last quarter of 2011.

According to the government statistical bureau (“IBGE”), compared to the first quarter of 2011, GDP growth in the first quarter of 2012 was up 0.8%. And during the last twelve-month period ending in March 2012, it has grown 1.9%.

Allen Bennett – translator/editor The News in English

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