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Industrial output grows in 9 out of the 14 places surveyed in September

With the national output growing 0.5% from August to September 2016, in the seasonally adjusted series, there was expansion in 9 of the 14 places surveyed. The sharpest advance was recorded in Espírito Santo (9.0%), which offset the 7.0% loss seen in the previous month. Minas Gerais (2.0%), São Paulo...

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Registrations for UN Datathon 2023 open until September 30

Students and professionals in the area of data science can register until September 30 in the United Nations Datathon 2023, organized y the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and by the UN Regional Hub for Big Data in Brazil, headquartered at the National School of Statistical Sciences (ENCE)....

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Industrial output advances 2.6% in September

In the seasonally-adjusted series, the industrial production grew 2.6% in September 2020 over August, after increasing in May (8.7%), June (9.6%), July (8.6%) and August (3.6%). These five months of rise offset the loss of 27.1% accrued between March and April, when the industrial output had fallen until...

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Industrial employment declines -0.7% in May

In the seasonally adjusted series, the total salaried employed persons in industry fell 0.7% in May 2014 against the level of the immediately previous month,... In the seasonally adjusted series, the total salaried employed persons in industry fell 0.7% in May 2014 against the level of the immediately...

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Industrial employment remains stable in June (0.0%)

In June 2013, the total number of salaried employed persons in industry did not change (0.0%) over May in the seasonally adjusted series, after registering a drop of -0.4% in May and remaining stable last April. As a consequence, the quarterly moving average registered a negative change of 0.1% in the...

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Services sector retreats 1.9% in January

In the seasonally-adjusted series, the services sector retreated -1.9% in January 2018, after rising in November (1.0%) and December 2017 (1.5%). In the seasonally-unadjusted series, volume of services fell 1.3% over January last year. The cumulative rate in 12 months stayed at -2.7%. Concerning the...

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In October, unemployment rate was stable (9.6%)

From September to October, the unemployment rate remained stable, repeating the same rate of the previous month (9.6%). In relation to October 2004 (10.5%), this estimate fell by 0.9 percentage points. From September to October, the unemployment rate remained stable, repeating the same rate of the previous...

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MUNIC 2015: less than 1/3 of Brazilian municipalities have environmental permitting

In 2015, environment permitting for enterprises and activities of local environmental impact was a reality for 30.4% (1,696) of the municipalities in the country. This percentage is even smaller among smaller-sized municipalities, being only 21.3% (341) in those with 5,001 to 10,000 residents. Municipalities...

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In 2010, GDP changed 7.5% and was R$ 3.675 trillion

In relation to the third quarter of 2010, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at market prices of the fourth quarter of last year grew 0.7%, considering the seasonally adjusted series... Compared to Q3 2010, services is the only activity recording increase GDP increased 0.7% in the comparison between the...

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National Index of Construction increased by 1.30% in September

Result was similar to the one of August (1.28%) and the national cost of construction increased to R$ 660.91 per square meter In September, the National Index of Construction (Sinapi), calculated by IBGE in partnership with Caixa Econômica Federal, increased by 1.30%, a value very close to the one of...

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IPCA-15 of August increased by 0.35%

The Extended National Consumer Price Index-15 (IPCA-15) changed by 0.35% in August and was almost reduced to half of the rate of 0.63% registered in July. With this result, the index accumulated 4.69% in 2008, higher than in the same period of the previous year (2.85%). The index accumulated in the last...

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In December, Services sector grows 4.2% and accrues 6.0% in 2014

Period Nominal Revenue December 2014 / December 2013 4.2% Cumulative in 2014 6.0% In December 2014, the services sector in Brazil registered a nominal growth of 4.2% in relation to the same month a year ago, surpassing November (3.7%), yet standing below the rate in October (5.2%). In 2014, this sector...

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Continuous PNAD: unemployment rate fell in 11 of the 27 FUs in Q2 2017

In Q2 2017, the unemployment rate, in Brazil, was estimated at 13.0%, with com decrease in all the Major Regions, except the Northeast (stability), being the highlights the North (from 14.2% to 12.5%) and the Central West Region (from 12.0% to 10.6%). The other rates were: Northeast (from 16.3% to 15.8%),...

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In May, industrial employment grew by 0.2% in relation to April

In May, the industrial employment had a positive change of 0.2% compared to April, in the series without seasonal influence. This index is positive and accumulates an expansion of 0.6% in the last two months. In the comparisons with the year of 2005, the results continue negative: -0.4% in relation to...

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PNAD COVID19: 21.6% of positive results among persons tested for Covid-19 by August

Up to August, 17.9 million persons (8.5% of the population) had been tested for the coronavirus infection (up to July that figure was 13.3 million persons, or 6.3% of the population). A total 21.6% (or 3.9 million persons) tested positive. The unemployed population, which was 10.1 million persons at...

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In January, industrial output increases in 7 of the 14 areas surveyed

In the seasonally adjusted series, the increased pace of the national industrial output from December 2014 to January 2015 was followed by seven out of the 14 places surveyed, highlighted by the steep expansions registered in Pernambuco (13.5%), São Paulo (7.1%) and Minas Gerais (6.5%). Goiás (4.4%),...

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Industrial production increased by 8.0% in July

In July 2020, industrial production increased by 8.0% against the June 2020 figure (seasonally-adjusted series), an increathird straight month. That was enough, however, to make up for the cumulative 27.0% loss registered in March and April, which led to the lowest output level in the series. July 2020...

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Atlas of Literary Representation now presents Brazilian “Sertões”

The Semi-Arid Areas of Northeastern and Southeastern Brazil, so often mentioned in literature, now appear as maps, pictures and satellite images in the second volume of the Atlas of Literary Representation of Brazilian Regions, released by IBGE today. The book is a sequence to the collection which started...

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2010 PAS: Sector of services recovers from economic crisis

After a real growth of 6.4% in the net operating revenue in 2009, the sector of services posted again, in 2010, a rise of 11.0%, close to the figure obtained in 2008 (11,4%), which is an evidence of the sector’s recovery from the world economic crisis initiated in the second semester of 2008. From 2007...

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In November, unemployment rate was 8.2%

It was the lowest rate of all the new series of the PME, which began in March 2002. The employed population in the six surveyed metropolitan areas did not have significant statistical change compared to October, but increased 3.5% in relation to November 2006. The unemployed population fell by 5% compared...