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IBGE issues note on public disaster faced by the state of Rio Grande do Sul

The board of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the IBGE State Superintendence in Rio Grande do Sul and its 26 branches empathize with thousands of victims of the worst climate disaster in the history of the state. In this devastating scenario, the IBGE, in support to the initiatives...

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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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Portuguese language countries discuss challenges of Digital Age in Fortaleza 

Josué Miguel, from the National Institute of Statistics of Angola, highlighted the fundamental role of data and indicators as the basis for the formulation of effective public policies in the digital age - Photo: @graoamarca “New indicators and strategic themes for the development and sustainability...

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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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Services revenue changed by 2.1% in June

Period Nominal Revenue June 2015/ June 2014 2.1% Cumulative in 2015 2.3% Cumulative in 12 months 3.5% In June, the services sector recorded nominal increase of 2.1% in comparison with the figure in the same month a year ago, being also above the May (1.1%) and April (1.7%) rates. The cumulative rates...

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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 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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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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Industrial output rises 0.8% in May

In May 2017, the national industrial output recorded advance of 0.8% over April (seasonally-adjusted series). It is the second positive rate in a row, causing a cumulative rate of 1.9% in the period, which eliminated the 1.6% drop seen in March. In the comparison with the same month a year ago (seasonally-adjusted...

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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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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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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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The most accessed news in IBGE News Agency in 2024

Throughout 2024, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) delivered to society hundreds of products in the areas of Geosciences and Statistics. For the first time ever, the IBGE decentralized the release of 21 themes of the 2022 Population Census, presented in 16 releases carried out...

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New IBGE publication discusses territorial dynamics of sugarcane

The IBGE released today the Geography of Sugarcane, a publication that discusses the territorial aspects of the sugarcane economy. The sources of inputs and agricultural machines, crop areas, distribution of sugarcane and derivatives and places of industrial processing and trading are analyzed. This...

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Trade sales fell by 4.13% in February

Nominal revenue fell by 1.95% in relation to January ( seasonally adjusted series). Decrease of sales and revenue interrupted four-month sequence of hikes The results for retail prices in the country were negative in February 2006, with rates of -4.13% for volume of sales and of -1.97% for nominal revenue,...

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Output of industry increases 8.9% in June 2020

In June 2020, industry output increased 8.9% against May 2020 (seasonally adjusted series), with an increase versus that in the previous month (8.2%). The two months recording expansion counterbalanced part of the 26.6% loss of March and April, at the lowest level of the series. June 2020 / May 2020...

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Industrial employment increases by 0.5% in February

In February, industrial employment increased again in relation to the previous month (0.5%), after four consecutive months of fall, considering a seasonally adjusted series. In this period, the accumulated fall was 1.4% (September 05/January 06). In comparison with February 2005, there was decrease of...

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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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With increase of 0.8%, services sector resumes growth in February

The Information and Communication sector (1.8%) contributed to the rise in services in February - Photo: Freepik The volume of services in the country increased by 0.8% in February 2025 compared to the previous month, when it fell by 0.6%. Compared to February 2024, the sector expanded by 4.2%, the eleventh...

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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...