Finance Minister Guido Mantega expects Brazil's new
cycle of growth and expansion to continue into 2010
BRASILIA, Brazil, Dec. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The Brazilian government announced today that
the 2009 third quarter real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and services adjusted
for inflation -- increased 1.3 percent from the second quarter of 2009, according to data
released by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). These new figures
mark a consolidation of Brazil's economic growth since it emerged from the global financial
crisis in the second quarter of 2009.
"This performance of steady growth in the third quarter shows that Brazil has started a new
cycle of economic expansion that will continue into 2010 and will be maintained for many
years ahead," said Finance Minister Guido Mantega. "Based on positive trends in industry and
investments, we expect the projected growth for 2010 -- currently around 5 percent -- to
hold."
The increase in real GDP for the third quarter of 2009 in the seasonally adjusted series reflects
a 2.9 percent increase in Brazilian industrial activity compared to the second quarter of 2009.
Services registered an increase of 1.6 percent and agriculture a decrease of 2.5 percent over
the same period.
Among the components of domestic demand, gross fixed capital formation grew 6.5 percent
from the previous quarter. There was also an increase of 2.0 percent in household
consumption and an increase of 0.5 percent in public administration consumption in the third
quarter of 2009 compared to the second quarter of 2009.
SUMMARY TABLE - Main results of GDP at market prices from Q3 2008 to Q3 2009
Rates (%) Q3 2008 Q4 2008 Q1 2009 Q2 2009 Q3 2009
Accumulated in the year/same
period as in the previous year
6.6 5.1 (-)2.1 (-)1.9 (-)1.7
Last four quarters/four
immediately previous quarters
6.6 5.1 3.0 1.0 (-)1.0
Quarter/same quarter as in
the previous year
7.1 0.8 (-)2.1 (-)1.6 (-)1.2
Quarter/immediately previous
quarter (seasonally adjusted)
1.1 (-)2.9 (-)0.9 1.1 1.3
Source: Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE)
Fund Performance as of DEC 29th 2009 2009 1mth 3mth 6mth
FLF Equity Brazil Cap USD 124.85 2.96 13.13 47.02
FLF Equity Latin America Cap USD 101.72 2.62 13.33 43.83