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In April, IBGE expects grain harvest 1.9% lower than 2015's

APRIL's estimate for 2016 205.4 million metric tons April 2016 / March 2016 -2.2 % (-4.6 million metric tons) 2016 Crop / 2015 Crop -1.9 % (-4.0 million metric tons) The fourth estimate of 2016 for the national harvest of cereals, legumes and oilseeds accounted for 205.4 million metric tons, 1.9% higher...

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Continuous PNAD: unemployment rate is 13.3% in quarter ended in May

The unemployment rate was estimated at 13.3% in the March-April-May 2017 quarter, remaining stable in relation to the December-January-February quarter. The rate rose 2.1 percentage points compared with the same quarter last year, when it was estimated at 11.2%. This was the highest unemployment rate...

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Industry up in six of the 14 places surveyed in October

With the 0.2% increase in the national industrial output, six of the 14 places surveyed registered positive rates from September to October 2017, in the seasonally adjusted series. The most significant advance was in Amazonas (3.9%), which eliminated the 0.5% decrease observed last September. Santa Catarina...

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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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PAIC 2013: construction industry grows 3.7%

The Annual Survey of Construction Industry recorded, in 2013, 3.7% of real growth of incorporations, works and services performed by construction companies, in 2013 versus 2012, amounting to an overall R$ 357.7 billion, being 42.8% relative to the construction of buildings, 39.4% to infrastructure works...

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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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2024 - Methodological Note - Favelas e Comunidades Urbanas

This note aims at introducing methodological elements about the change in the nomenclature from “Sub-normal Agglomerates”, used by the IBGE in censuses and surveys, to “Favelas and Poor Urban Communities”, resuming the term “Favela”, historically used by the IBGE since 1950, coupled with the term “Poor...

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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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2017 Demography of Enterprises and Entreperneurship: survival rate at 84.8%

The survival rate of active entreprises in Brazil was of 84.8% in 2017, which represents 3.8 million enterprises. The entry rate was 15.2% and the exit rate, 15.7%. As a result, the enterprises' balance was negative (22.9 thousand less). The South (86.6%) and Southeast (85.0%) registered the highest...

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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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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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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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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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Output of industry decreases by 18.8% in April

In April 2020, the output of industry fell 18.8% against the result of March 2020 (seasonally adjusted series). It is the most significant decrease since the beginning of the time series, in 2002, and reflects the effects of social isolation due to the Covid-19 pandemic. That is the second month of output...

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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 2018, output of industry increases in 11 of the 15 areas surveyed

In the end of 2018, there was increase in 11 of the 15 areas surveyed, the main highlight being Pará (9.6%), Rio Grande do Sul (5.5%), Amazonas (5.2%), Pernambuco (4.1%) and Santa Catarina (4.0%). Paraná (1.8%) and Rio de Janeiro (1.8%) also recorded increases above the average of industry (1.1%). Other...

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PNAD COVID19: 22.7% of persons who tested for coronavirus until November were positive

Up to November, 28.6 million persons (13.5% of the population) had made some test to know whether they were infected by the coronavirus (up to October, this figure was 25.7 million persons or 12.1% of the population). Among these persons, 22.7% (or 6.5 million) tested positive in November, against 22.4%...

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Despite increasing employment, union membership trends down in Brazil in 2019

In 2019, 11.2% (or 10.6 million) workers in the country were union members, with a rate below that of 2018 (12.5% or 11.5 million). The decrease was registered despite the increase of 2.5% in the employed population, which is estimated at 94.6 million persons in 2019, (versus 92.3 million in 2018). The...

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Pevs 2016: silviculture and wild-crop harvesting reach R$18.5 billion

The value of silviculture and wild crop harvesting added up to R$18.5 billion in 2016, with a 0.8% growth in relation to 2015. Silviculture (obtained from planted forests), contributes with 76.1% (R$14.1 billion) to the total, whereas Wild-crop harvesting (collection of products in woods and native forests)...

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Continuous PNAD: unemployment rate goes to 13.7% in quarter ending in March 2017

Indicator / Period Jan - Feb - Mar2017 Oct - Nov - Dec2016 Jan - Feb - Mar2016 Unemployment rate 13.7% 12.0% 10.9% Usual real earnings R$2,110 R$2,064 R$2,059 Value of usual real earnings in relation to: stable stable The unemployment rate was estimated at 13.7% in the January-March 2017 quarter, rising...