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Industrial production grows 0.8% in August

In August 2019, industrial production grew 0.8% compared to July (seasonally adjusted series), offsetting a great part of the 0.9% loss accumulated in the May-July 2019 period. In the non-adjsuted series, in the comparison with August 2018, the total industry rate decreased by 2.3% in August 2019, after having...

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Industrial employment remains unchanged in January

In January 2013, the total of salaried employed persons in the industry remained stable (0.0%) in relation to December 2013 (in the seasonally adjusted series), after registering 0.1% in November and -0.3% in December. With those results, the index of the quarterly moving average posted a negative change...

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GDP increased by 4.0% and reached R$ 2.37 trillion in 2006

After the increase of 3.2% of the GDP (Gross Domestic Product) in 2005, the Brazilian economy accelerated, with a rate of 4.0% in 2006. In current values, the result summed R$ 2,370 billion; and the deflator1 of the GDP was 6.1%. The GDP per capita reached R$ 12,688 in 2006, a growth of 2.5% in relation...

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Industrial employment remains unchanged in November (0.0%)

In November 2013, the number of salaried employed persons in industry remained unchanged (0.0%) compared to the immediately previous month, in the seasonally-adjusted series, after having recorded slight positive change of 0.1% in October, when it interrupted a series of five months with negative rates...

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Extended Consumer Price Index-15 (IPCA-15) of January was 0.68%

Food products and beverages, electricity, new automobiles and education were the main responsible for the index of January. The Extended Consumer Price Index-15 – (IPCA-15) changed 0.68% in January, a result lower than the one of December 2004 (0.84%). In the last twelve months, the index accumulated...

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In March, unemployment rate was 9.0%

The unemployment rate in March was 0.5percentage points above the figure in February (8.5%) and remained stable compared to March 2008 (8.6%). The unemployed population (2.1 million) had total increase by 141 thousand persons (7.3%) compared to February, and by 130 thousand persons (6.7%) when compared...

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Industry drops in 8 of 15 places surveyed

In the seasonally-adjusted series, the decrease of 0.2% in the national industrial output caused eight out of the 15 places surveyed to register negative rates between June and July 2018. The steepest retreats were reported in Goiás (-2.1%), Paraná (-1.3%), São Paulo (-1.1%), Minas Gerais (-1.0%) and...

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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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IPCA accumulated 3.14% in 2006

The Extended Consumer Price Index (IPCA) of December changed by 0.48%, accumulating 3.14% in 2006, 2.55 percentage points below 2005 (5.69%). It was the lowest result since 1998 (1.65%). The reduction in the rate was determined by the good supply of agricultural products, the influence of currency and...

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In 2022, the number of births falls for the fourth year and reaches the lowest level since 1977

Number of birth registrations keeps falling and reaches the lowest level since the 70s - Photo: Pxhere Brazil registered 2.54 million births in 2022, a drop of 3.5% compared to 2021, when the number was 2.63 million. This is the fourth consecutive decline in the country's total births, which reached...

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GDP in the third quarter was R$ 542,1 billion

Net Lending reached R$ 16,2 billion. The GDP accumulated in the year reached R$ 1,5 trillion. In the quarter, household consumption was R$290,5 billion. The investment rate reached 20.8%, the second highest percentage in the third quarter of a year since the beginning of the series, in 1995. The GDP...

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IPCA-15 changed by 0.51% in January

The Extended Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15) changed by 0.51% in January and was above the December figure, 0.38%. Alcohol was the major impact on the index of the month (0.10 percentage point), having changed from 1.09% in December to 9.22% in January, as a consequence of the transfer of price rises...

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In June, IBGE estimates the harvest of grains 8.0% higher than the record harvest of 2010

The national harvest of cereal, legumes and oilseeds registered a production of 161.5 million tons, 8.0% higher than the record harvest in 2010 (149.6 million tons). That result is presented in the sixth estimate of the Systematic Survey of Agricultural Production (LSPA) in 2011.The area to be harvested...

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Trade sector grows for the sixth consecutive month

In June, retail trade changed by 0.4% in terms of volume of sales and by 0.8% in terms of nominal revenue of trade; for the sixth consecutive time, there were seasonally adjusted positive results in comparison with the previous month. In June, retail trade changed by 0.4% in terms of volume of sales...

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Inflation decelerates, rate is 0.23% in May

As the group with the highest weight in the Brazilian official inflation, the price of food decelerated in May - Picture: IBGE Archive The inflation preview stood at 0.23% in May, 0.38 percentage points (p.p.) below the rate of 0.61% registered in April. The data are from the Extended National Consumer...

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Continuous PNAD records unemployment of 6.8%in Q2 2014

Indicator / Period Q2/ 2014 Q1/ 2014 Q2/ 2013 Unemployment rate 6.8% 7.1% 7.4% Employment-population ratio 56.9% 56.7% 56.9% Employed population 92.1 million 91.2 million 90.6 million Unemployed population 6.8 million 7.0 million 7.3 million The unemployment rate for Brazil, in the 2nd quarter of 2014,...

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In Q2 2011, slaughter of hogs and pigs reaches record figures in the tme series

In the second quarter of 2011, 7,065 cattle head were slaughtered, accounting for a 0.5% decrease over the immediately previous quarter and of 7.0% over the same quarter in 2010. Considering the index accumulated in 2011, there was reduction by 3.5% in relation to the first semester of 2010. The slaughter...

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Retail trade sales decreased 0.38% in June

Nominal revenue fell by 0.25%. Both comparisons are seasonally adjusted. In the series without adjustment, sales increased 4.08% over June 2005, having accumulated 5.68% in the year and 5.34% in the last twelve months. These indicators for nominal revenue were 4.75%, 7.54% and 8.20%, respectively. In...

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In 2009, grain harvest is expected to reach 136.4 million metric tons

The third estimate for national harvest of cereals, legumes and oilseeds (grains) for 2009 points to na output of about 136.4 million metric tons, 6.5% below that of 2008 (145.9 million metric tons)1, according to IBGE’s Systematic survey of Agricultural Production (LSPA). Planted are is expected to...

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Industrial output remains unchanged (0.0%) in August

In August 2013, the industrial output recorded no change (0.0%) in relation to the previous month in the seasonally adjusted series, after registering a 2.1% expansion in June and a 2.4% drop in July. In the seasonally adjusted series, in the comparison with same month a year ago, the industry contracted...