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- Energy
![Director of FGV Energy is nominated for the Brazilian National Council of Energy Policy]( "Director of FGV Energy is nominated for the Brazilian National Council of Energy Policy")
The director of FGV Energy, Carlos Otavio de Vasconcellos Quintella, was nominated as a member of the Brazilian National Council of Energy Policy (CNPE) to represent the Brazilian academic institution, specializing in energy matter, through the Brazilian Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) Ordinance No. 3,...
- Economics
![First Brazilian Data Science Meeting hosts multidisciplinary debate with experts]( "First Brazilian Data Science Meeting hosts multidisciplinary debate with experts")
The Center for Data Science Studies (NDS) of FGV’s Sao Paulo School of Economics (EESP) will host the very first Brazilian Data Science Meeting on December 10 and 11, from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. The event will gather market professionals and scholars from different fields who share a common interest in data science to discuss and...
- Economics
![FGV launches Inflation Portal]( "FGV launches Inflation Portal")
FGV’s Brazilian Institute of Economics (IBRE) launched the Inflation Portal on December 7. The new tool was designed to consolidate data from Brazil’s inflation indicators – as well as performance indexes –, in order to build understanding and access to this subject both among...
- Law
![Yale conference debates Brazil’s contribution in studies on sustainable development]( "Yale conference debates Brazil’s contribution in studies on sustainable development")
FGV’s Rio de Janeiro Law School (Direito Rio), in partnership with the Brazilian Department of Education, UNESCO and Yale University, held a conference titled “Brazilian Studies in the United States: The Road Ahead” last week at Yale. The President of FGV, professor Carlos Ivan Simonsen Leal, joined the opening and closing ceremonies of the...
- Economics
![Overview Seminar debates economic and political prospects for 2019]( "Overview Seminar debates economic and political prospects for 2019")
The market reacted positively to the outcome of the presidential elections and now looks forward to the changes promised by the new administration, as well as their impacts on the economy. The tall order of putting Brazil back on track and the pressing need to dish out a series of reforms will be discussed in...
- Administration
![Education networks where all students learn: cases and learnings]( "Education networks where all students learn: cases and learnings")
Held by FGV’s Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (EBAPE), the event will discuss success cases in Brazil’s public education system: Amazonas and Centro de Mídias; Sobral (CE), national and international benchmark in education; the state of Espírito Santo, whose high school education system currently ranks...
- Economics
![Inflation for low-income households drops in November]( "Inflation for low-income households drops in November")
The Consumer Price Index - Class 1 (CPI-C1) dropped 0.25% in November – 0.78 percentage point (p.p.) below the 0.53% rate recorded in October. The index now accumulates a 3.84% increase in the year and 3.80% in the last 12 months.The CPI-BR fell 0.17% in November. The indicator for the last 12 months stood at 4.24%, above the...
- Institutional
![FGV Transportes: New FGV center will draft and debate public policies in the infrastructure sector]( "FGV Transportes: New FGV center will draft and debate public policies in the infrastructure sector")
Fundação Getulio Vargas has just launched FGV Transportes, conceived to set a benchmark in strategic thinking, applied research, studies, projects and innovation in cargo and passenger transport and logistics. In November, the new study center was introduced to public and private companies in the logistics,...
- Economics
![Seminar proposes debate on quantitative economics and finance]( "Seminar proposes debate on quantitative economics and finance")
The Center for Studies in Quantitative Economics and Finance (CEQEF) of FGV’s Sao Paulo School of Economics (EESP) and Timberlake Analytics Brasil will host the “2nd Quantitative Economics and Finance Seminar” on December 6, at 2 p.m. The event will be held on the sixth floor of the EESP...
- Institutional
![FGV undergraduate courses get top marks in Guia do Estudante]( "FGV undergraduate courses get top marks in Guia do Estudante")
Fundação Getulio Vargas ranked five stars in the Guia do Estudante (Student Guide). FGV’s undergraduate courses made top marks in the annual survey of the magazine published by Editora Abril. The courses of Administration (EBAPE), Business Administration and Public...
- Economics
![IPC-S inflation drops in the last week of November]( "IPC-S inflation drops in the last week of November")
The Weekly Consumer Price Index (IPC-S) on November 30, 2018 dropped 0.17% – 0.22 percentage points (p.p.) below the rate recorded in the last report. With this result, the index accumulates a 4.02% increase in the year and 4.24% in the last 12 months.
Five of the eight expense categories that comprise the index recorded...
- Administration
![International conference gathers banking and economic development experts]( "International conference gathers banking and economic development experts")
The Center for Banking and Finance Research in Rio (CBFR) of FGV’s Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (EBAPE) will host the International Conference on Banking and Economic Development on December 6 and 7. Held in partnership with FGV’s Brazilian School of Economics and Finance (EPGE), the meeting will...
- Administration
![International Conference on Banking and Economic Development]( "International Conference on Banking and Economic Development")
Organizer: Center for Banking and Finance Research in Rio (CBFR) at the Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (FGV EBAPE), in cooperation with EPGE Brazilian School of Economics and Finance.
- Economics
![Business Confidence climbs to highest level since April 2014]( "Business Confidence climbs to highest level since April 2014")
The Business Confidence Index (ICE) of FGV’s Brazilian Institute of Economics (IBRE) rose 3.8 points in November, up to 95.0 points – the highest level since April 2014. Expressed in quarterly moving averages, the index rose 1.1 point. The ICE consolidates the confidence indexes of all four sectors covered by Business Surveys...
- Economics
![IGP-M: Rent inflation drops after rising for 15 months]( "IGP-M: Rent inflation drops after rising for 15 months")
The General Market Price Index (IGP-M) fell 0.49% in November, compared to a 0.89% increase in October. With this result, the index accrues an 8.71% high in the year and 9.68% in 12 months. In November 2017, the index had grown 0.52% and reached an accrued drop of 0.86% in 12 months.
The Broad Producer Price...
- Law
![Books bring together papers on Contemporary International Law]( "Books bring together papers on Contemporary International Law")
The Global Law Program, a pioneering initiative by FGV’s Sao Paulo Law School (Direito SP), which for almost a decade has been offering courses in English on global topics from a Brazilian perspective, will launch two volumes containing papers on contemporary global issues, on December 6, at Livraria da Vila...
- Economics
![Trade Confidence rises to the highest level since 2014]( "Trade Confidence rises to the highest level since 2014")
The Trade Confidence Index (ICOM) of FGV’s Brazilian Institute of Economics (IBRE) rose 6.9 points in November, up from 92.5 to 99.4 points – the highest level since March 2014 (101.9 points). In quarterly moving averages, the indicator rose for the second time in a row (3.2 points).
“The last two positive results in...
- Administration
![Miami Business School joins OneMBA’s consortium of Global Schools]( "Miami Business School joins OneMBA’s consortium of Global Schools")
Ranked as the top Executive MBA in Latin America and top 50 in the world by the Financial Times, the Global OneMBA program has just announced the University of Miami Business School as a new partner. The renowned business school from the U.S. now joins FGV’s Sao Paulo School of Business Administration (EAESP),...
- Economics
![4th Overview Seminar]( "4th Overview Seminar")
The market reacted positively shortly after the election of Brazil’s new president, Jair Bolsonaro. There are many expectations regarding the changes that the new administration wants to make and their impacts on the economy. Putting the country back on track to growth will not be an easy task, since this will require many unpopular...
- Economics
![First Brazilian Data Science Meeting]( "First Brazilian Data Science Meeting")
Held by FGV’s Center for Data Science Studies (NDS), the First Brazilian Data Science Meeting will gather market professionals and scholars from different fields, who share a common interest in disciplines related to data science, to discuss and promote ideas, theories, applications, and technologies, besides networking among...
