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In March, volume of trade sales fell by 0.10%

Also in relation to February, nominal revenue increased by 0.19% in the series with seasonal adjustment. Retail trade of the Country had rates of -0.10% for the volume of sales and 0.19% for the nominal revenue, in the relation March/February with seasonal adjustment. In the other comparisons, obtained...

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IBGE releases July's unemployment rate for four Metropolitan Areas

Unemployment Rate Year Month Recife Belo Horizonte Rio de Janeiro São Paulo 2014 July 6.6% 4.1% 3.6% 4.9% June 6.2% 3.9% 3.2% 5.1% 2013 July 7.6% 4.3% 4.7% 5.8% IBGE releases the results of the Monthly Employment Survey (PME) relative to July 2014 for the Metropolitan Areas of Recife, Belo Horizonte,...

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Continuous PNAD shows unemployment of 7.1% in the first quarter of 2014

Indicator/ Period 1st Q / 2014 4th Q / 2013 1st Q / 2013 Unemployment rate 7.1% 6.2% 8.0% Employment level 56.7% 57.3% 56.3% Employed population 91.2 million 91.8 million 89.4 million Unemployed population 7.0 million 6.1 million 7.8 million The unemployment rate for Brazil was estimated at 7.1% in the...

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Harvest of 2005 may reach 119,488 million tons

The national production of cereals, legumes and oilseeds (cotton seed, ,peanuts, rice, beans, castor seeds, corn, soybeans, oats, rye, barley, sunflower seeds, sorghum, wheat and triticale) may reach 119,488 million tons in 2005, an increase of only 0.10% in relation to 2004, when 119,369 million tons...

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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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GDP grows 0.8% in Q1, leveraged by Services

Services sector leverages rise of GDP in Q1 2024, with a highlight to retail trade - Picture: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency In the seasonally-adjusted series, the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rose 0.8% in the first quarter of 2024 against the last quarter of 2023. Having risen 1.4% mainly due...

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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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Influenced by hypermarkets and supermarkets, retail sales fall 1.0% in June

The hypermarkets, supermarkets, food products, beverages and tobacco sector (-2.1%) contributed to the drop in retail sales in June - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency In June, retail sales in Brazil fell 1.0% compared to the previous month, when they grew 0.9%. In the first half of 2024, retail...

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Quarterly Continuous PNAD: unemployement retreats in 9 of 27 FUs in Q4 2019

The unemployment rate in Brazil was 11.0% in the fourth quarter of 2019, falling 0.8 percentage points in relation to the quarter between July and September (11.8%). It dropped 0.6 p.p. in the comparison with the same quarter of 2018 (11.6%). The annual average rate retreated from 12.3% in 2018 to 11.9%...

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Agricultural stocking capacity stays at 160.8 million metric tons in 1st half of 2015

No of establishments (1st sem 2015) 7,858 units Stock (30/06/2015) 48,533,534 tonnes Installed capacity 160,836,009 tonnes In the first semester of 2015, the Survey of Stocks reveals a reduction in the number of active establishments, which were 7,927 in the second semester of 2014, and became 7,858...

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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 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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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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PNAD COVID19: 29.4 million housing units received some emergency aid in June

In June, about 29.4 million housing units received some aid related to the pandemic (such as the Emergency Aid and the Emergency Benefit for Employment and Income Maintenance), corresponding to 43% of the total housing units (68.3 million) in the country. In May, they had amounted to 26.3 million, and...

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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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Unemployment rate was 5.9% in February

Indicator / period February 2015 January 2015 February 2014 Unemployment rate 5.9% 5.3% 5.1% Usual real earnings R$ 2,163.20 R$ 2,194.22 R$ 2,174.35 Value of reanings in relation to -1.4% -0.5% The unemployment rate in February (5.9%) advanced 0.6 percentage points in relation to January (5.3%) and increased...

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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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Industrial output increases in six of the 14 areas surveyd in July (1)

Increased pace of industrial production was observed from June to July 2016, in the seasonally-adjusted series, in six of the 14 areas surveyed. The main increases were recorded by Pernambuco (3.9%), Paraná (2.6%) e Espírito Santo (2.3%). São Paulo (1.6%), Minas Gerais (1.1%) and Ceará (0.4%), which...

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Livestock indicators record increase versus Q2 2018 figures

In Q2 2019, the main livestock activities increased against the same period in 2018: the slaughter of cattle, hogs and pigs and chicken increased by 3.5%, 5.2% and 3.4%, respectively, as well as the acquisition of milk (6.9%) and leather (1%). The production of hen eggs increased by 7.2%, a record in...