O CRESCIMENTO RECENTE DA ECONOMIA CEARENSE

Abstract

In this article, the author analyses the perfomance of the economy of Ceará state in the 80's. Its main objective is to emphasize the structural aspects of the macroeconomic dyna- mics existing in that period. Firstly it is stressed that the local economy has grown at higher rates than the national economy; this is due, particularly, to the growth of the Tertiary Industry, while the Primary Industry has shown a clear stagnating ten- dency. Moreover, it has been found a highly significant positive correlation between the growth of the national and local econo- mies, especially due to the leading role of the Tertiary Industry in the recent growth process. Finally, some social welfare indi- cators are analysed showing that even though some improve- ments have ocurred in this aspect they were not enough to reduce, in a significant way, the extremely low living conditions of the population of Ceará.