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Industrial inflation decelerates to 0.56% in February

For the third month in a row, mining and quarrying industry stands out with the highest change (8.34%) - Photo: Agência Vale The prices in the industrial sector rose 0.56% in February 2022 in relation to January. The change had been 1.20% between January and December. The index that registers the last...

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IPCA stands at -0.68% in July, lowest rate since the start of the time series, in 1980

The price of gasoline fell by 15.48% in July and led to decrease of IPCA - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Driven by the fall of fuel prices, mainly of gasoline and ethanol, and of electricity, the IPCA stood at -0.68% in July, after the change of 0.67% in June. That is the lowest rate registered...

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Construction costs grow 1.01%in October, third lowest rate of the year

The greatest regional change in October was registered in the North Region, with an increase of 2.57% - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The National Civil Construction Index (Sinapi) released today (November 10) by the IBGE rose 1.01% in October. It is the third lowest rate in 2021, 0.13 percentage...

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Retail sales up 1% and close Q1 on the rise

Sales in department stores contributes to the trade high in March - Photo Alerrandre Barros/IBGE News Agency The sales volume of the retail trade in Brazil grew 1.0% in March, compared to February, being the third monthly high in a row. March had increase of 4.0% against the same month last year. Thus,...

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Costs of civil construction rose 1.07% in November

Rise in the prices of construction is losing pace - Photo: Helga Szpiz/IBGE News Agency Released today (10) by the IBGE, the National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi) rose 1.07% in November, maintaining the level of the previous month (1.01%). In the cumulative index of the last 12 months, the rate...

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Costs of construction rise 18.65% in 2021, highest rate in nine years

Costs of construction material impacted on the index along the year - Photo: Simone Mello/IBGE News Agency Released today (11) by the IBGE, the National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi) decelerated to 0.52% in December, the lowest rate in 2021. Even so, the cumulative index in the year hit 18.65%,...

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Brazil has 1.7 million indigenous persons and more than half of them live in the Legal Amazon

The indigenous population enumerated in the country increased by 88.82% in 12 years; advances in the methodology influenced this increase - Photo: IBGE Collection The indigenous population in the country reached 1,693,535 persons in 2022, which represents 0.83% of the total residents. A little more than...

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Industrial production drops 2.4% in January and stands below pre-pandemic level

Despite January drop, industry accumulates in 12 months growth of 3.1%. - Photo: Marcelo Benedicto/IBGE News Agency Industrial production registered a reduction of 2.4% in January 2022 compared to the previous month, thus eliminating much of the 2.9% advance registered in December 2021. As a result,...

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Industry inflation is 1.94% in April

Mining and quarrying industry stands out with biggest change, -11.54%, and second main influence, -0.7 p.p, of IPP - Photo: Agência Vale Prices in the industrial sector rose in April 2022 from March. From February to March, the change was 3.12%. The index that records the cumulative result inthe last...

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Retail sales change 0.1% in May, fifth consecutive rate on positive side

Pharmaceutical, medical and orthopedic articles and toiletries was one of the activities with a great positive influence - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Volume of sales of the retail trade in Brazil changed 0.1% in May compared with the previous month, registering the fifth consecutive rate on...

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Unemployment drops to 10.5% in quarter ended in April

Beautification services showed increase in occupancy in the quarter ended in April - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The unemployment rate stood at 10.5% in the quarter ended in April, the lowest for that quarter since 2015, when it was 8.1%. Compared to the previous quarter, the rate dropped 0.7...

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Unemployment falls to 9.8% in Q up to May, lowest rate for the period since 2015

Employment in education had increase in the quarter ended in May - Photo: IBGE collection The unemployment rate was 9.8% in the quarter ended in May, the lowest for this quarter since 2015, when it had been 8.3%. Compared to the previous quarter, from December 2021 to February 2022, the rate dropped...

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Unemployment remains stable in all states in Q1, except for Amapá, where it dropped

Unemployment rate stayed at 11.1% in the first quarter of the year - Photo: Jader Paes/Agência Pará Compared with the previous quarter, the unemployment rate remained stable in 26 Federation Units in the first quarter of 2022, reflecting the stability of the national average (11.1%). The only drop occurred...

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With decrease in gasoline and increase in food, IPCA-15 stands at 0.58 in January

Gasoline prices fell 1.78% in January - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The inflation preview decelerated to 0.58% in January, after high of 0.78% in the previous month. Over the last 12 months, the indicator acumulates high of 10.20%, below the 10.42% recorded in the previous 12 months. The rate...

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Industrial output changes 0.3% in March, drops in first quarter

Production of sector of vehicles rose for the second month in a row - Photo: Rodrigo Felix Leal/AEN-PR After rising 0.7% in the previous month, the industrial output registered a positive change of 0.3% between February and March. Compared with 2021, the sector accumulates a drop of 4.5% in the first...

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Retail sales increase by 0.6% in November with a reduced impact on Black Friday

Volume of sales of furniture and household appliances fell 2.3% in November - Photo: Rovena Rosa/Brazil Agency. Volume of sales of retail trade in the country increased by 0.6% in November against the previous month (0.2%). Despite this increase, more than half of the activities recorded a negative result...

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Construction costs rise 2.46% in June, biggest increase since 2013

Workforce accounted for main contribution, due to collective labor agreements in tes states - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The National Civil Construction Index (Sinapi), released by the IBGE, rose by 2.46% in June and was 0.68 percentage points above the May rate (1.78%). That is the biggest...

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Inflation stays at 0.47% in May, driven by high in airfares

Airfares, rising 18.33%, drive IPCA up in May - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Inflation stood at 0.47% in May, after reaching 1.06% in April. In the year, the indicator accumulates a high of 4.78% and, in the last 12 months, of 11.73%, below the 12.13% recorded in the 12 previous months. In May...

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Industrial output changes by -0.2% in November, sixth negative result in a row

Industry is 4.3% below the pre-pandemic level - Photo: Marcelo Benedicto/IBGE News Agency The output of industry reached -0.2% from October to Novemner 2021, and recorded the sixth consecutive month of negative results, a period marked by a cumulative decrease of 4.0%. Despite having had a cumulative...

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Inflation in industry stays at 1.31% in November, 17 of 24 activities rise

The biggest influence on the July´s IPP came from petroleum products - Photo: Andre Motta de Souza/Petrobras Agency The industrial prices rose 1.31% between October and November, a figure below the rise registered in October (2.26%). The cumulative index in the year hit 28.36% and, in 12 months, 28.86%,...