The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® for Brazil, Together with Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Increased in October

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® for Brazil, together with Fundacao Getulio Vargas (TCB/FGV Brazil LEI), increased 1.8 percent in October. The index now stands at 87.0 (2010 = 100), following a 2.1 percent decline in September and a 1.9 percent decline in August. The services sector survey: expectations index, the manufacturing survey´s expectations index, stock prices, the consumer durable goods production index, the exports volume index, and the terms of trade index contributed positively to the index in October. "The Leading Economic Index for Brazil increased in October, following eleven consecutive months of...