Brazil’s industrial sector contracted once again in March, meaning that output fell by around 2.3% in the first quarter of this year. Other sectors of the economy have fared slightly better in recent months, but even so it seems that GDP probably contracted by 0.5-1.0% q/q in Q1.
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