A construction worker carries a beam at the top of a building in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Tuesday, September 30, 2003. Brazil's economy will probably grow less than 1 percent this year, representing the worst performance for South America's largest country in five years, according to the Central Bank. The growth forecast was a revision of a previous estimate predicting anemic 1.5 percent for this year, the same as last year's rate. If the more pessimistic forecast proves true, this year would be the mostdismal for Brazilian economic growth since 1998.