· The split of the enormous population of Brazil (176.2 million) shows that 20% are classified as very poor, 70% are the middle or emerging class and 10% are very
· The consumer ability of the economically active population is enormous and, just to give you more of an idea, in 2000 it was the equivalent of: -The Czech Republic, Belgium, Hungary, Portugal, Sweden, Austria, Switzerland, Finland, Denmark, Ireland, New Zealand, Luxembourg, and Iceland ALTOGETHER.
· The GDP of Brazil in 2001, which is around US$ 540 billion, places it in the top ten ranking of world economies (in 1998, before the devaluation that Brazil suffered in 1999, it was in sixth place).
· Inflation was at a phenomenal 1,477% in 1990, but it has been brought right
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