Brazil's federal tax revenue hit a record high for the month of March, the revenue service said on Tuesday, another bumper month that suggests the economy may be withstanding the deadly second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic better than many had predicted.
Brazil's federal tax revenue rose to 137.9 billion reais in March, the federal tax service said on Tuesday, a record for the month since the data series began in 2007 and up 18.5% in real terms from the same month last year.
The dollar firmed on Tuesday
amid a mix of gains and losses against major currencies as
interest rates in the United States moved in a tight range and
the outlook for vaccinations in Europe improved.
Buyers are turning up the heat on Canada's searing hot housing market, their frenzy leading to record sales, prices and starts, but in a budget unveiled on Monday the federal government did little to tamp down the fire. The Teranet-National Bank Composite House Price Index showed home price gains accelerated 1.5% in March from February, data released on Tuesday showed.
The dollar steadied on
Tuesday amid a mix of gains and losses against major currencies
as interest rates in the United States moved in a tight range
and the outlook for vaccinations in Europe improved.
Strength in copper prices supported
Chile's peso and Peru's sol, with the latter stabilizing after
steep losses on expectations for a socialist government, while
other Latin American ...
The following are forecasts for this week's remaining U.S. data from a survey compiled by The Wall Street Journal. Forecasts were last updated Monday afternoon. DATE TIME RELEASE PERIOD CONSENSUS PREVIOUS Thursday 0830 Jobless Claims Apr 17 603 K 576 K 1000 Existing Home Sales Mar 6.11 M 6.22 M-- percent change -1.8% +6.6% 1000 Leading Index Mar +1.0% +0.2% 1100 Kansas City Fed Mfg Svy Apr 27 26 Composite Index Friday 0945 Markit Flash Mfg PMI Apr 60.5 59.1* 0945 Markit Flash Services...
Canadian home prices accelerated sharply in March, with Halifax and Hamilton leading a bonanza of month-on-month gains felt across all 11 major markets in the country, data showed on Tuesday. The Teranet-National Bank Composite House Price Index, which tracks data collected from public land registries to measure changes for repeat sales of single-family homes, rose 1.5% from the previous month.
The Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index climbed to its highest in more than one and a half years on Tuesday as strong demand for panamax and supramax vessels offset weakness in the larger capesize segment. * The Baltic dry index, which tracks rates for capesize, panamax and supramax vessel ferrying dry bulk commodities, was up 40 points, or 1.6%, at 2,472 - its highest since September 2019.
* Dollar index falls to lowest since March 3. * Euro, Aussie and Kiwi dollars strengthen. * Graphic: World FX rates https://tmsnrt.rs/2RBWI5E. By Elizabeth Howcroft.
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