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Industrial output grows in 11 of 15 places surveyed in May

Rise in production had positive influence of industries of food and petroleum products - Photo: UNIDO/Flickr The growth of 1.4% in the industrial output between April and May was followed by 11 out of 15 places surveyed by the regional edition of the Monthly Industrial Survey (PIM Regional). The highest...

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After rising for two months, services sector changes -0.1% in January

Services sector decreases in January pressed by segment of information technology - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency After accumulating a gain of 4.7% in the last two months last year, the services sector changed -0.1% between December and January. With the January´s result, the sector stood...

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After two years of drops, cattle slaughter grows once again in Q1 2022

With 6.96 million head, cattle slaughter grows 5.5% in Q1 2022 - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency Cattle slaughter reached 6.96 million head and grew once again in the first quarter of 2022, after two years of drops compared with the same period a year ago. That amount represents an increase...

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Retail sales grow 1.2% in July and reach record level

Personal and household articles had the biggest increase in July - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The sales volume of the retail trade in the country grew 1.2% in July, in the comparison with the previous month recording the fourth positive rate in a row. As a result, the sector’s level reached...

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After two months of decrease, services grew 2.4% in November

Segment of information technology drives advance of services in November - Photo: Art on Pixabay mockup The services sector increased by 2.4% from October to November, after two months of negative rates, having recorded a cumulative decrease of 2.2%. Considering the November result, the sector was 4.5%...

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Inflation rises 0.73% in December, closes 2021 with rise of 10.06%

Having risen 47.49%, gasoline was one of the major impacts on the 2021 inflation - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Having risen 0.73% in December, inflation closed the year of 2021 with an increase of 10.06%. This is the highest cumulative rate in the year since 2015, when it registered 10.67%,...

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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 advance 0.7% in April, still below pre-pandemic level

Services rendered to families increased 9.3% in April - Photo: Vanderlei Farias/Secom Cascavel According to the Monthly Survey of Services - PMS, released today (11) by the IBGE, volume of services grew 0.7% between March and April. As a result, the sector recovered a small part of the drop registered...

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Industrial production decreases in 9 of the 15 areas surveyed in April

Poor performance of petroleum products affects local industries - Photo: Flickr Industrial production decreased in 9 of the 15 areas surveyed by the Monthly Survey of Industry (PIM Regional), from March to April, with a highlight to Bahia, which recorded a decrease of 12.4%, and to the Northeast region,...

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Inflation in industry slows down to 0.40% in September

The greatest impact on the general index came from mining and quarrying, which dropped 16.48% in September - Photo: Xusenru/Pixabay Industry prices rose 0.40% in September compared to the previous month. Despite the increase, it is a deceleration in relation to the result of August, when the rate was...

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Construction costs grow 1.89% in July

July's high in construction costs was the third biggest in the year - Photo: Pixabay The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), released today (August 10) by the IBGE, rose 1.89% in July, the third highest increase of the year, but stood 0.53 percentage points below the previous month's rate...

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First estimate of the year forecasts record harvest of 271.9 million tonnes in 2022

Second crop of corn should be 33.1% greater than that last year - Photo: Jonas Oliveira/AEN-PR Archive According to the January estimate of the Systematic Survey of Agricultural Production (LSPA), released today (10) by the IBGE, the national harvest of cereals, legumes and oilseeds should reach 271.9...

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Retail sales change -0.1% in December, grow 1.4% in 2021

Volume of sales of Furniture and domestic appliances dropped 17.6% between November and December and 7.0% in the year - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Sales of the retail trade changed -0.1% in December, yet they closed the year of 2021 accumulating a growth of 1.4% in relation to 2020. Therefore,...

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Services grow by 0.5% in August and reach highest level since 2015

Communication and information services add to sector results in August - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency Volume of services increased by 0.5% from July to August, fifth positive rate in a row, with a cumulative increase of 6.5% in the period. As a result, the sector is 4.6% above the pre-pandemic...

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Inflation was 0.95% in November, the highest for November since 2015

Gasoline accrues rise of 50.78% in 12 months - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency After registering 1.25% in October, the inflation dropped to 0.95% in November, though it was the highest rate for November since 2015 (1.01%). The cumulative index in the year stayed at 9.26% and, in the last 12 months,...

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Industry advances 2.9% in December over November, closes 2021 with a rise of 3.9%

Car sector rose 12.2% in December - Photo: Fernando Ogura/AEN-PR The industrial output grew 2.9% between November and December. In the previous month, the industry had registered a null change (0.0%), which interrupted five consecutive months of drops. As a result, the sector stands 0.9% below the level...

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Industrial Production falls in 10 of 15 places in January

In January, heavy rains hampered mining and quarrying, the main industrial activity in the state of Minas - Photo : Janaina Duarte/Agência Vale The 2.4% drop in the national industrial production from December 2021 to January 2022, in the seasonally adjusted series, was followed by ten of the 15 places...

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Industrial production drops 0.4% in June after four months of high

The segment of pharmochemicals and pharmaceuticals retreated 14.1% in June - Photo: Rodrigo Nunes/MS - Agência Senado After four consecutive months of positive results, industrial production dropped 0.4% from May to June. The last fall of the industry had been registered in January of this year (-1.9%)....

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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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Retail sales drop 1.3% in September, second consecutive month of drop

Sales in hypermarkets and supermarkets dropped 1.5% in September - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Volume of sales of the retail trade in Brazil retreated 1.3% in September compared with the previous month, representing the second consecutive drop after the highest rise in the year in July, when...