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Industrial output expands 0.7% in September

In September 2013, the national industrial output expanded 0.7% over the immediately previous month in the seasonally adjusted series, after registering a null change (0.0%) in August and a decline of 2.4% in July. Compared with the same month last year in the seasonally unadjusted series, the industry...

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Industrial employment fell by 0.1% in August

In August, industrial employment fell by 0.1% over July, considering the seasonally adjusted series. The other indicators remained positive: 0.3% for the monthly indicator (August 2005 over August 2004); 1.9% accumulated in the year and 2.6% accumulated in the last twelve months. The quarterly moving...

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Employment in industry rose 0.5% in June

In June of 2010, the total employed personnel in the industrial sector advanced 0.5% compared with the previous month, not considering the seasonal effects, the sixth consecutive positive result... In June of 2010, the total employed personnel in the industrial sector advanced 0.5% compared with the...

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Latin American countries seek resources for natural disaster management

Studies in geodesy can contribute to the management of natural disasters - Photo: Secom Bahia Brazil and 13 other Latin American countries that have already adopted the Geocentric Reference System for the Americas (SIRGAS) are prepared to conform to the Global Geodetic Reference Frame, which is recommended...

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In November, industrial output changed by 0.2%

In November 2017, industrial output in the country had an increase of 0.2% against the October figure, in the seasonally-adjusted series. That is the third poitive result in a row, with cumulative increase of 0.9% in three month. November 2017/October 2017 0.2% November 2017/November 2016 4.7% Cumulative...

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In October, volume of trade sales decreased by -0.2% and revenue, by -1.7%

October had the first negative rates in 2007, compared to the previous month. In relation to October 2006, sales increased by 9.6%; the accumulated figures were 9.6%, in the year and 9.1%, in the last 12 months. The rates for nominal trade were 13.5%, 11.4% and 10.6%, respectively. In October, trade...

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Union membership rate of Brazilian workers falls to 14.49%, the lowest since 2012

In 2017, of the 91,449,000 employed persons, 14.4% (13,137,000 persons) were union members, down 3.2% from 2016 and the lowest rate since the beginning of the time series in 2012. The largest rate in 2017 occurred among employees in the public sector (27.3%), followed by employees in the private sector...

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Industrial output falls -0.6% in May

Period Industrial Output May 2014 / April 2014 -0.6% May 2014 / May 2013 -3.2% Cumulative in 2014 -1.6% Cumulative in 12 months +0.2% Quarterly moving average -0.5% In the seasonally adjusted series, the industrial output declined 0.6% in May 2014 over the immediately previous month, registering the...

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IPCA-15 of November increased by 0.49%

The Extended National Consumer Price Index - 15 (IPCA-15) increased by 0.49% in November, a rate higher than the one registered in October (0.30%). With this result, the index accumulated in the year was 5.79%, above the same value of the previous year (3.64%). In the last 12 months the rate reached...

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Trade sales hold stable, changing -0.2% in August

The set of activities that make up the mix of department stores were those that contributed most to the result in the month - Photo: IBGE Collection The volume of trade sales in August changed -0.2% compared to July 2023. In comparison with August 2022, there was an increase of 2.3%. In the indicator...

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In June, unemployment was at 6.9%

Indicator / period JUNE2015 May2015 June2014 Unemployment rate 6.9% 6.7% 4.8% Real usual earnings R$ 2,149.00 R$ 2,132.58 R$ 2,212.87 Earning's value in relation to 0.8% -2.9% The unemployment rate in June (6.9%) was statistically stable in relation to May (6.7%) and increased 2.1 percentage points in...

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Industrial output increases 1.9% in June

In June 2013, the industrial output increased 1.9% in relation to the immediately previous month, in the seasonally adjusted series, after registering an expansion of 1.8% in April and a decline of 1.8% in May. Compared with the same month of the previous year in the series not seasonally adjusted, the...

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Industrial output grows 0.7% in August

August 2014 / July 2014 0.7% August 2014 / August 2013 -5.4% Cumulative over 2014 -3.1% Cumulative over 12 months -1.8% Quarterly Moving Average -0.1% In August 2014, the national industrial output posted increase of 0.7% against the previous month, in the seasonally adjusted series, after also growing...

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Industrial output falls 0.5% in March

March 2014 / February 2014 -0.5% March 2014 / March 2013 -0.9% Cumulative in 2014 0.4% Cumulative in 12 months 2.1% Quarterly Moving Average 0.6% In the seasonally adjusted series, the national industrial output dropped 0.5% in March 2014 over the immediately previous month, after remaining stable in...

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Industrial output declines in 9 out of the 14 places surveyed in July

The regional indexes of industrial output registered negative rates in nine out of the 14 places surveyed by IBGE between June and July 2013. This drop followed the reduction in the pace of the national industry in the seasonally adjusted series. São Paulo (-4.1%), the most diversified industrial park,...

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Continuous PNAD, quarterly edition: unemployment drops in 6 of 27 FUs in Q4 2018

The unemployment rate was 11.6% in Brazil, 0.3 percentage points below that of the previous quarter (11.9%). Taking into account the statistically-significant changes, the rate dropped in six out of the 27 Federation Units in relation to the third quarter of 2018. On the other hand, the rate increased...

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National Index of Civil Construction changed 0.74% in July

The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), calculated by IBGE in partnership with CAIXA, changed 0.74% in July, increasing 0.08 percentage point in relation to the result of June (0.66%)... The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), calculated by IBGE in partnership with Caixa Econômica...

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IPCA-15 stays at 0.16% in August

The Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA-15) changed 0.16% in August, being above July's IPCA-15, whose rate was 0.07%. As a consequence, the cumulative index of the year was 3.69%, above the 3.32% rate registered in the same period of 2012. Taking into consideration the last 12 months, the index...

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Industrial output contracts 1.6% in June

In June of 2011, the industrial output contracted 1.6% against the previous month in the seasonally adjusted series, reverting the expansion of 1.1% observed in May. In relation to the same month a year ago, the industry increased by 0.9%, a much lower rate than the one registered in May (2.7%). At the...

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Industrial production falls in all the 14 areas surveyed in the first semester

The reduction of industrial activity at national level, in the end of the first semester of 2009 (-13.4%), affected the 14 areas surveyed by IBGE, among which there were five with decreases above the national average, when compared to results in the first six months of 2008.The major decrease occurred...