TEHRAN (ANA)- Inflation in Brazil slowed to 0.39 percent in November, down from 0.56 percent in October, but has accumulated a 4.29 percent increase so far in 2024, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) reported.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Fewer U.S. grandparents were living with and taking care of grandchildren, and there was a decline in young children going to preschool and more people stayed put in their homes in the first part of the 2020s compared with the last part of the 2010s, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released.

TEHRAN (ANA)- The Monetary Policy Committee (Copom) of Brazil's central bank decided to increase the benchmark Selic interest rate from 11.25 percent to 12.25 percent, the second-highest since November 2023, when it stood at 12.75 percent.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Global food prices continued to rise in November, though the rate of increase slowed and prices for grains and cereals -- the largest component in the index -- actually fell.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Global trade is set to hit a historic $33 trillion in 2024, posting a 3.3% annual growth, according to the latest Global Trade Update by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

TEHRAN (ANA)- US-based aerospace company Boeing said that it will lay off 396 employees in the state of Washington as part of a plan to reduce its workforce by 10%.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Global food prices inched higher in November as surging vegetable oil and dairy costs pushed the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Food Price Index to 127.5 points, its highest level since April 2023.


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TEHRAN (ANA)- According to the latest issue of Brazil's Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) Household Sample Survey, unemployment stood at 6.2% in the quarter ending last month, Agencia Brasil reported.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Argentine carmakers announced during the weekend that they would be lowering the retail prices of some of their brand-new models after the suppression of the so-called PAIS tax on transactions abroad, which applied to the import of vehicles and autoparts, it was explained.