Charts from Brazil

Only the charts that use data from this country. Charts with several countries appear under each one of them. (2 charts)

Wages & Productivity

Workers produce more every year. Their pay used to keep up.

Brazilian reais, at the prices of the latest month

Higher = the minimum wage buys more

Source: IPEA (series GAC12_SALMINRE12): nominal minimum wage adjusted for inflation

Gold reserves, currency crashes and financial crises around the world.

Reais (today’s currency) per 1 US dollar, logarithmic scale

Higher = more reais are needed to buy 1 dollar

Source: World Bank (PA.NUS.FCRF), official exchange rate, annual average, based on IMF data. Earlier currencies are converted to today’s real