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August estimate indicates decrease of 1.0% in 2021 harvest of 251.7 million tonnes

Corn production was affected by drought and frosts - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The estimated output of cereals, legumes and oilseeds in Brazil in 2021 has been reduced for the fifth month in a roll and, given resuts of August, production is expected to be 1.0% lower than in 2020. The 2021...

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IBGE updates names of 8 municipalities in geographic and statistical databases

Paraty (RJ) had its name updated in the IBGE´s database in 2017 - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency The IBGE released on Thursday (7) a list of the municipalities that had their names updated in the Institute´s geographic and statistical databases, such as the Brazilian National Spatial Data Infrastructure...

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Services sector changes by -0.2% in February, second negative rate in a row

Telecommunications segment influences decrease of services sector in February - Photo: Helena Pontes/Agência IBGE Notícias The sector of services changed by -0.2% from January to February, recording a cumulative decrease of 2.0% from February 2021. As a result, the sector of services is 5.4% above the...

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Inflation in industry stays at 1.94% in July, with increases in 20 of the 24 areas surveyed

Food industry accounted for the main contribution to IPP in July - Photo: José Fernando Ogura/AEN-PR Industry prices rose 1.94% from June to July, a result above the increases rof May and June and the biggest change in the last three months - there was a change of 1.29% in June and 0.99% in May. Cumulative...

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Retail sales drop 3.1% in August, with more than half of the activities going down

Errata: The news reported that the drop in retail sales in August interrupted four months of highs. The information is incorrect, as the sector shrank 1.1% in June. Sector of other personal and household articles, which includes department stores, dropped 16.0% after July's high - Photo: Alerrandre Barros/IBGE...

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Inflation in industry increases 1.86% in August, all activities rise

Food sector was the one that mostly influenced the general result of the August´s IPP - Photo: José Fernando Ogura / AEN-PR In August, the industrial prices rose 1.86% over the previous month. All the 24 activities surveyed rose their prices, which only happened in August 2020. The data are from the...

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Services sector grows 10.9% in 2021 and overcomes 2020 losses

Transportation sector drives up services in 2021 - Photo: Rodrigo Felix/SEIL-PR The services sector grew 10.9% in 2021, after having dropped 7.8% in 2020. That was the biggest rate for the end of a year since the beginning of the time series in 2012. In the comparison between December and November, the...

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Services sector grows 1.2% in May and goes beyond pre-pandemic level once more

Air transportation recorded an increase of 60.7% in the month - Photo: Marcello Casal Jr/Agência Brasil Volume of services increased by 1.2% from April to May, and exceeded, for the second time this year, the pre-pandemic level, by 0.2%. With two months of positive increases in a row, the sector had...

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Inflation hits 0.87% in August, highest figure in August since 2000

Gasoline rose 2.80% in August and has a cumulative increase of 31.09% in the year - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Inflation rose by 0.87% in August and reached its peak in a month of August since 2000. The cumulative index in the year stayed at 5.67% and, in the last 12 months, at 9.68%, above...

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Services sector grows 3.7% in February and surpasses pre-pandemic figures

Transportation and storage of cargo grew after increase of exports and sales in online trade - Photo: José Fernando Ogura-AEN Services sector grew 37% from January to February and surpassed, for the first time, pre-pandemic levels. In nine consecutive months with positive rates, the sector has recorded...

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May estimate points to record harvest of 263 million tonnes in 2022

The output of corn is expected to hit a record 112 million tonnes this year - Photo: AEN-PR The national harvest of cereals, legumes and oilseeds is expected to reach 263.0 million tonnes in 2022, according to the May estimate of the Systematic Survey of Agricultural Production (LSPA), released today...

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Industrial output falls 0.7% in August, third drop in a row

Retraction in Brazilian industrial output was spread along 15 out of 26 sectors surveyed - Photo: Andre Motta de Souza/Petrobras Having retreated 0.7% between July and August, the industrial output dropped for the third month in a row. The cumulative loss was 2.3% in this period. With the August´s result,...

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Services advance 1.7% in June, hit highest level in 5 years

Information and communication services peaked in the time series - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency Volume of services grew 1.7% between May and June, accruing a gain of 4.4% in the last three months. As a result, the sector not only got farther from the pre-pandemic level, since it is 2.4% above...

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Producer Price Index updates time series with sample of 2,070 enterprises

The IBGE puts out tomorrow (16) The producer Price Index (IPP) of February with the new time series, which brings changes in the in the sample selection and in the products weight. As a whole, the sample will comprise 2,070 enterprises, 670 more than in the previous one, whereas the quantity of products...

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Retail sales drop 1.7% in June after rising for two months

The biggest drop among the activities was registered by Fabric, apparel and footwear (-3.6) - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency After two consecutive months of growth, sales of the retail trade dropped 1.7% between May and June. It was the biggest retraction in the sector this year and the second...

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Inflation accelerates to 0.96%, July’s highest since 2002

Increase in electricity bills had the biggest impact on July’s inflation - Photo: Lícia Rubinstein/ IBGE News Agency Inflation rose to 0.96% in Jly with price increase in electricity bills, resulting in the highest rate for the month since 2002 (1.19%). The indicator accumulates high of 4.76% nin the...

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July´s estimate forecasts record harvest of 256.1 million tonnes in 2021

Estimates for the production of corn remain dropping - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The estimate for the Brazilian harvest of cereals, legumes and oilseeds in 2021 was reduced for the fourth consecutive month, though it remains a record and should reach 256.1 million tonnes until the end of...

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IBGE portal has new homepage to facilitate data access

Whoever accesses the IBGE portal is now able to find more quickly the major short-term indicators on society and economy. Data on inflation, unemployment, industry, trade and services are a highlight in the main page, updated this month (4) with an even more user-friendly navigation. Besides, users can...

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Industrial production falls 0.4% in September and closes Q3 with 1.1% decrease

Sector of food products shrank 1.3% in September - Photo: Ari Dias / AEN-PR Industrial production fell 0.4 from August to September. It is the fourth drop in a row, accumulating a loss of 2.6% in the period. As a result, the industry stands 3.2% below the level of February 2020, in the pre-pandemic scenario,...

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Unemployment drops to 13.2% in quarter ended August and affects 13.7 million persons

Informal work increases, but remains below pre-pandemic level - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Unemployment rate fell to 13.2% in the quarter ended August, a decrease of 1.4 percentage points against the quarter ended May (14.6%). Despite such decrease, that figure corresponds to a total of 13.7...