Aécio Amado
Reporter Agência Brasil

Rio - The latest (22nd) Getulio Vargas Foundation survey of consumer confidence shows that it improved, compared to August, in five out of the eight areas rated. Interviewees were more optimistic, and less pessimistic, about the economic situation of the country and their families, for example. But there was an increase in the number who said they were going into debt (31.9%, compared to 28.3% in August).

The survey interviewed 1,451 household heads in Brazil's 12 biggest cities between September 2 ans 22.

Translator: Allen Bennett