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IPCA stays at -0.29% in September, third consecutive month of deflation

Gasoline remains dropping, exerting the biggest negative individual impact (-0.42 p.p) on the IPCA. Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA) changed -0.29% in September, the third consecutive month of deflation. The drop was less intense than those registered...

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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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Retail sales are stable with a change of -0.1% in August

Hypermarket and supermarket activities (0.2%) and pharmaceutical products (-0.3%) hold retail sales stable - Photo: Eduardo Peret/IBGE News Agency The volume of retail sales in the country showed stability from July to August, registering a change of -0.1%. However, this is the third consecutive month...

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Industrial output retreats 0.6% in August, with drop concentrated in 8 activities

Sector of coke, petroleum products and biofuels falls 4.2% and pushes industrial output downward in August - Photo: Andre Motta de Souza/Petrobras The industrial production dropped 0.6% between July and August, offsetting the advance of 0.6% it had registered in the previous month. With these results,...

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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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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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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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2022 - Statistics of the Central Register of Enterprises

The Central Register of Enterprises (CEMPRE) is an important database of the universe of companies and other formal organizations and their respective local units existing in Brazil, as it gathers economic and cadastral information from the IBGE annual surveys in the areas of Industry, Construction,...

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In 2020, Brazil consumes 6.2 liters of water for each R$1 generated by the Economy

The participation of Electricity and gas in total water withdrawal was 85.1% in 2020 - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency In 2020, 6.2 liters of water were consumed for each real of gross value added (GVA) generated by the Brazilian economy. This is one piece of information from the survey released...

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Construction costs decelerate to 0.99% in August

High construction prices back to the levels of August 2020 - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), released today (September 9) by the IBGE, increased 0.99% in August, 0.90 percentage points below July’s rate (1.89%) and the lowest change since August...

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Inflation preview stays at 0.72% in July, the highest rate for July since 2004

Electricity was the major individual impact on the July´s IPCA-15 - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency Pressed by the rise of 4.79% in electricity, the Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15) stayed at 0.72% in July. With this result, inflation preview registered the highest rise for...

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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...