On October 2,
Brazil's national statistics agency (IBGE) reported that industrial
production in the largest Latin American country remained unchanged in August compared to July, but was down 1.2 percent from August 2012. In July this year, industrial output in
Brazil had decreased by 2.4 percent as compared to June.
For the first eight months of 2013, industrial
production in
Brazil was 1.6 percent higher compared to the corresponding period of 2012.