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Volume of services increases by 0.9% in March and closes Q1 5.8% up

Activities related to transportation still have an effect on national sector of services - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency The sector of services increased by 0.9% in March 2023 from February; it closed Q1 with a cumulative increase of 5.8% from the same period a year ago. As for the cumulative...

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Inflation preview stands at 0.69% in March

With a rise of 5.76%, gasoline was the subitem accounting for the main individual impact on the IPCA-15 of March - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Inflation preview in March up 0.69%, after the index of 0.76% in February. The Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15), released today (24)...

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Construction prices rise 0.58% in August, second lowest rate in the year

The share of construction material recorded a decrease both from the previous month and from August 2021 - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), released today (9) by the IBGE was 0.58%, with a decrease of 0.90 percentage points from the July rate...

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Costs of civil construction decelerate to 0.15% in November

Drop in material prices remains contributing to deceleration of construction costs - Picture: Carlos Tavares/Pará Agency The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), released today (9) by the IBGE, increased 0.15% in November, but decelerated 0.23 percentage points in relation to the October´s...

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Services sector drops 3.1% in January, after reaching historical record in December 2022

Biggest negative influence on the month´s result came from the transportation sector (-3.7%) - Picture: Rodrigo Felix Leal/SEIL-PR Volume of services dropped 3.1% in January 2023 over December 2022, when it hit the peak in the time series. Volume of services advanced 6.1% over January 2022, the 23rd...

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At 8.4%, unemployment remains stable in quarter ending in January

Employment in agriculture retracted by 272 thousand people in quarter ended in January - Picture: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency The unemployment rate, which measures unemployment in Brazil, stayed at 8.4% in the quarter ended in January. That rate represents a stability in the comparison with the...

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Retail has a 3.8% increase in sales in January, a record for the month

Retail of fabric, wearing apparel and footwear grew 27.9% after four months of decline - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Retail sales in the country grew 3.8% in January 2023, registering the highest change for the month since the beginning of the time series, in 2000. In comparison with January...

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After a two-month drop, industry changes 0.3% in October

Food products were those that mostly positively impacted the industrial activity in October - Picture: José Fernando Ogura/AEN-PR The industrial output positively changed 0.3% between September and October, interrupting two consecutive months of drops, a period in which it accumulated a loss of 1.3%....

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Inflation accelerates to 0.84% in February, leveraged by rise in Education

The group of Education exerted the biggest impact on the IPCA in February - Picture: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency The Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA) stayed at 0.84% in February. In the year, inflation accumulates a rise of 1.37% and, in the last 12 months, of 5.60%, below the rate...

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Industrial production grows in 11 of the 15 areas surveyed in March

The motor vehicle sector was the main responsible for the performance of the industry in Rio Grande do Sul - Photo: Fernando Ogura/AEN-PR From February to March, Brazilian industrial production increased by 1.1%, with growth in 11 of the 15 areas surveyed by the Regional Monthly Survey of Industry (PIM)....

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Industry records zero change in December and closes 2022 with a decrease of 0.7%

Industry lost steam in the second semester and closed 2022 with a retreat - Photo: Roberto Rocha/Agência Vale Industrial production recorded zero change (0.0%) in December 2022, after registering -0.1% in November and 0.3% in October 2022, when it interrupted two consecutive months of negative rates...

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With a rate of 8.6%, unemployment grows again in the quarter ended in February

After six consecutive quarters of decline, the unemployment rate grows again - Photo: Rovena Rosa/Agência Brasil The unemployment rate reached 8.6% in the quarter ended in February, an increase of 0.5 percentage points (pp) compared to the previous three months. This is the lowest result for the period...

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Industrial production changes by -0.3% in January

Pharmaceuticals had an effect on industry in January 2023 - Photo: Rodrigo Nunes/ASCOM-MS Industrial production changed by -0.3% from December to January, after a null change (0.0%) in the previous month. With these results, this sector is still 2.2% below the pre-pandemic level (February 2020) and 18.5%...

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Retail sales decrease by 0.8% in July and records third consecutive monthly drop

Apparel and footwear sector records highest decrease in July - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The sales volume of retail trade in Brazil dropped 0.8% in March, compared to June, and recorded its third consecutive monthly negative rate. The cumulative change in 2022 was 0.4%. The cumulative index...

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Industrial production grows in four of the 15 locations surveyed in July

Iron ore mining industries in Pará had the biggest monthly influence on the result of the Regional PIM - Photo: Agência Vale Industrial production dropped in four out of 15 places surveyed by the Monthly Survey of Industry (Regional PIM) between June and July, when the national index advanced 0.6%. The...

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Construction prices grow 1.48% in July, third highest rate in the year

Beginning of the second semester shows the third highest index in the year - Photo: Simone Mello/IBGE Archive Released today (9) by the IBGE, the National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi) rose 1.48% in July, 0.17 percentage points (p.p.) below the June´s rate, which was 1.65%. As a result, the cumulative...

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Unemployment remains in decline and reaches 8.3% in the quarter ended October

Number of employed persons reached 99.7 million, a new record since 2012 - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The unemployment rate, which measures unemployment in the country was 8.3% in the quarter ended October. This rate represents a decrease of 0.8 percentage points (p.p.) against the previous...

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Volume of services drops 1.6% influenced by fall in transportation

Decline in transportation activities influence the national services sector - Photo: Acervo IBGE The services sector retreated 1.6% in April 2023 compared to March, after accumulating a gain of 2.1% between February and March. Compared to April 2022, the sector increased by 2.7%, the 26th consecutive...

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Unemployment drops in eight Federation Units in the fourth quarter

In the annual comparison, decrease in the unemployment rate was observed in all the Federation Units - Photo: Mário Oliveira (SEMCOM/Manaus) The drop in the unemployment rate in the country was observed by eight of the 27 Federation Units between the 3rd and the 4th quarters of 2022. Whereas the national...

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IPCA-15 accelerates to 0.53% in November

Gasoline prices rose 1.6% in November, with the biggest impact on the month's index - Photo: Helena Pontes/Agência IBGE Notícias The preview of November inflation accelerated to 0.53%, after the index of 0.16% recorded in October. The Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15), released today...