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The Coincident Unemployment Index (ICD) Calculated by the Brazilian Institute of Economics of Fundação Getulio Vargas (IBRE) fell 2.7% in January, to 97.3 points. The result breaks a string of four consecutive months of a rising index and suggests that the unemployment rates could be settling at its current high levels in the beginning of 2016....
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From January 25-28, the Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration of Fundação Getulio Vargas (EBAPE), through its International Relations department, offered a course for students of Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics (CLSBE), of Catholic University of Portugal.During this period, the group attended seminars and made...
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As the world gears up for the 2016 Olympic Games, the Laboratory for Sports Studies (LESP) at the School of Social Sciences of Fundação Getulio Vargas (CPDOC), in partnership with Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa (FCRB), will promote a series of films and discussions running from March through June entitled ?The Olympics at the Movies?.?The idea...
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The inflation index that measures the primary basic products and services consumed by low-income families, those earning up to 2.5 monthly minimum wages, nearly doubled from December to January, according to the Brazilian Institute of Economics of Fundação Getulio Vargas (IBRE).The January Consumer Price Index - Class 1 (IPC-C1) recorded an...
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Fundação Getulio Vargas was voted among the top 10 leading HEIs (Higher Education Institutions) in the world in a ranking published by LinkedIn on Wednesday, February 3. FGV was the only Brazilian institution in the list, ahead of institutions such as Harvard Business School (USA), MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA) and INSEAD (...
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The new rules for the State Value Added Tax (ICMS) for products sold on the internet has been in effect since the beginning of the year. The rule that, in theory, aims to correct a distortion in the collection between the original state, which had been collecting the entire tax, and the state of destination, which until 2015 had no rights to...
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On Friday, February 5, Professor Octavio Amorim Neto,of the Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration of Fundação Getulio Vargas (EBAPE) will participate in a workshop at University of Oxford?s Latin American Centre.With the theme Corruption, Contraction, and Crisis in Brazil, the event will discuss the Brazilian political crisis...
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The January 31 inflation rate measured by the Weekly Consumer Price Index rose to 1.78%, a 0.23 percentage point (p.p.) increase from the last announcement, as reported by the Brazilian Institute of Economics of Fundação Getulio Vargas (IBRE). Six of seven state capitals surveyed recorded greater increases in prices.The highest rate was...
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On Friday, February 19, from 9:15 am to 2:30 pm, the São Paulo School of Economics of Fundação Getulio Vargas (EESP) will hold an event entitled ?Monetary Policy Implementation in the European Monetary Union?, in São Paulo, Brazil.Aimed at discussing the implementation and operation of the Eurosystem (the network of eurozone national central...
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The Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rate on January 31 rose to 1.78%, a 0.23 percentage point (p.p.) increase from the last announcement, as reported by the Brazilian Institute of Economics of Fundação Getulio Vargas (IBRE). With this result, the 12-month change in the index was 10.59%.Six of the eight expense categories that comprise the...
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Changes to the global oil market outlook, which has seen falling prices and increasing supply, combined with a downturn in the country?s macroeconomic conditions, have highlighted weaknesses in the Brazilian oil and gas sector. This diagnosis is the result of a study conducted by FGV Energy ? Center for Energy Studies, in partnership with...
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Professor Octavio Amorim Neto, of the Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration of Fundação Getulio Vargas (EBAPE), has just completed a teaching assignment at the Doctoral Workshop on Comparative Policies at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon, in Portugal. Held from Monday until Friday (January 25-29),...
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The Services Confidence Index (ICS), prepared by the Brazilian Institute of Economics of Fundação Getulio Vargas (IBRE), climbed 2.8 points between December and January, going from 67.6 to 70.4 points. Expressed in quarterly moving average, the index rose 1.1 point.?In the first few months of this year, indicators have shown reduced pessimism...
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Professor Marcelo Coutinho, of the São Paulo School of Business Administration of Fundação Getulio Vargas (EAESP), was nominated as one of the best instructors at the X-Culture project, which is an international competition that involves undergraduate and graduate students from more than 100 universities in 43 different countries.?It was my...
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The General Price Index (IGP-M) rose 1.14% in January, compared with 0.49% in December, according to the Brazilian Institute of Economics of Fundação Getulio Vargas (IBRE). It should be noted that, in January 2015, the index recorded a 0.76% increase, while in the last 12 months, the General Price Index surged to 10.95%. The index is calculated...
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The School of Applied Mathematics of Fundação Getulio Vargas (EMAp) attended the Harvard-MobiLab Experience, organized between January 10 and 19 by the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, MobiLab-Laboratório de Mobilidade of the São Paulo City Council, and the Harvard University David Rockefeller Center for Latin...
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The immediate economic consequence of the decision to lift Iran?s economic sanctions, announced on January 16, will be the country?s quick insertion into the world economy. According to Salem Nasser, Coordinator of the Center for Global Law of São Paulo Law School of Fundação Getulio Vargas (Direito SP), a strong indication of this trend is...
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Fundação Getulio Vargas has reached its best ranking ever among the world?s think tanks. The institution moved up from 18th to 13th in the 2015 Global Go To Think Tanks Index Report, published by the University of Pennsylvania on Wednesday, January 27. FGV maintained its leadership position in Latin American for the seventh consecutive year...
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The Bureau of Legislative Affairs of the Ministry of Justice (SAL/MJ) launched today, January 27, a new round of public consultation on the decree that will regulate the Brazilian Civil Rights Framework for the Internet, a Brazilian Bill of Rights for the worldwide web. Discussions on the topic began in 2009, with the drafting of the bill,...
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Head of the Undergraduate Center and professor of the Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration of Fundação Getulio Vargas (EBAPE), Henrique Heidtmann Neto, took office as president of the National Association of Business Administration Undergraduate Courses (ANGRAD) on January 14. Mr. Heidtmann Neto was elected unanimously for the...
