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Industrial employment remains unchanged (0.0%) in February

In February 2013, the number of salaried employed persons in industry remained unchanged (0.0%) versus the figure in the immediately previous month, in the seasonally-adjusted series, after having recorded -0.3% in December and being stable last January. With these results, the quarterly moving average...

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Industrial production changed by -0.3% in January

In comparison with the result in December 2006, the seasonally adjusted rate interrupted a sequence of three positive results, in a period in which the accumulated growth of the industrial production was 1.8%. In relation to January 2006, the industry grew by 4.5%. The indicator accumulated in the last...

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IPCA-15 of June stays at 0.18% and IPCA-E at 1.12%

The National Extended Consumer Price Index - 15 (IPCA-15) changed by 0.18%, in June, quite below the rate of 0.51% of May. As result, the change of the IPCA-E (accumulated of IPCA 15) in the second quarter stayed at 1.12%, below the same quarter of 2011 (1.71%), closing the first semester of 2012 with...

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IPCA-15 of March changed 0.40% and the IPCA-E of Q1 closes at 1.99%

The deceleration of items like school monthly tuition fees and food products were responsible for the reduction of March's rate. The Extended National Consumer Price Index-15 (IPCA-15) changed by 0.40% in March, and was bellow February's rate (0.90%). The prices were collected from February 11th until...

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GDP declines (-0.6%) in relation to Q1 2016 and adds up to R$1.5 trillion

COMPARISON PERIOD INDICATORS GDP AGRIC INDUS SERV GFCF CONS. HH CONS. GOV Quarter / immediately previous quarter (w/ seasonal adjustment) -0.6 -2.0 -0.3 -0.8 0.4 -0.7 -0.5 Quarter / same quarter a year ago (w/o seasonal adjustment) -3.8 -3.1 -3.0 -3.3 -8.8 -5.0 -2.2 Cumulative in 4 quarters / same period...

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In June, IBGE estimates increase of 9% for the 2008 grain harvest

Expected harvest (145.1 million metric tons) is 9.0% above the figure in 2007 and 1.0% above the rate expected for June, keeping, this way, the estimate of a record output. The expected planted area (47.3 million hectares) is 4.3% bigger than that of last year. The seventh estimate for the national harvest...

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Industrial output drops in 10 of 14 places surveyed in September

In the seasonally adjusted series, the reduced pace of the industrial output in Brazil between August and September 2015 was followed by ten out of the 14 places surveyed, highlighted by the more intense drops recorded in Bahia (-7.6%) and Rio de Janeiro (-6.6%). As a result, the former place accelerated...

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GDP changed by 0.3% in the first quarter of 2005 in relation to the fourth quarter of 2004

The Gross Domestic Product at market prices changed by 0.3% in the first quarter of 2005, in relation to the fourth quarter of 2004, in the series with seasonal adjustment. In the first quarter of 2005, the growth was 2.9% in relation to the same period of the previous year. The accumulated index in...

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2017 PPM: Cattle herd prevails in Central-West, Mato Grosso leads states

The national volume of cattle was of 214.9 million herd in 2017, representing a reduction of 1.5% over 2016. Adding up to 34.5% of the national overall, the Central-West remained leading the regions. Mato Grosso registered the highest share among the Federation Units (13.8% of the national volume). Among...

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Gender Statistics: household chores affect insertion of women in labor market

The proportion of workers in part-time jobs (up to 30 hours per week) is bigger among women (28.2%) than men (14.1%). That could be related to the female predominance in care taking and household chores, to which women workers dedicated 73% hours more than men. Either in the population set or in the...

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In 2023, 88.2% of people aged 5 and over had taken at least 2 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine

People with a complete primary vaccination schedule represent 88.2% of the population aged 5 and over - Photo: Jonathan Campos/AEN-PR By the first quarter of 2023, 88.2% of the population aged 5 and over had taken at least two doses of the vaccine against Covid-19, that is, they had completed the primary...

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Industrial employment drops 0.6% in December and closes 2015 at -6.2%

In December 2015, the total amount of salaried employed persons in the industry fell 0.6% over the previous month level, in the seasonally adjusted series. It was the 12nd consecutive negative rate, accumulating in this period a loss of 7.8%. With these results, the quarterly moving average decreased...

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2021 harvest estimates 263.1 million tonnes, 3.5% bigger than 2020

February estimate for the output of soybeans registered a record of 130.4 million tonnes - Photo: Jaelson Lucas/AEN-PR The national harvest of grains for 2021 should stay 9.0 million tonnes above the 2020 harvest. It is a growth of 3.5% over the last year, which had already been a record in the time...

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Industrial output drops in 13 out of 14 places surveyed in April

In the seasonally adjusted series, the reduced pace of the industrial output in Brazil between March and April 2015 was followed by 13 out of the 14 places surveyed, highlighted by the sharpest drops recorded in Ceará (-7.9%), Bahia (-5.1%), Amazonas (-5.1%) and Pernambuco (-4.6%). Considering these...

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In February, industrial output increased in seven of the 14 areas surveyed

In terms of the index accumulated in the last twelve months, the national result recorded decrease of 1.0% in February 2012. It remained on a downward trend as observed since October 2010 (11.8%), with the most significant negative rate registered since February 2010 (-2.6%). In terms of regional indexes,...

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In March, retail sales increased by 1.8% and nominal revenue by 2.3%

These results with seasonal adjustment were in relation to February 2008. In relation to March 2007, the volume of retail sales increased by 11.4%, and the nominal revenue by 16.0%. In the quarter the indicators accumulated respectively 12.0% and 16.6% ... These results with seasonal adjustment were...

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Industrial output drops in 10 of 14 places surveyed in September

In the seasonally adjusted series, the reduced pace of the industrial output in Brazil between August and September 2015 was followed by ten out of the 14 places surveyed, highlighted by the more intense drops recorded in Bahia (-7.6%) and Rio de Janeiro (-6.6%). As a result, the former place accelerated...

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Industrial employment decreases 0.6% in August

In August 2013, the number of salaried employed persons in industry fell 0.6% over that of July, in the seasonally-adjusted series. It was the fourth consecutive negative rate in this type of comparison, with cumulative decrease of 1.3% in the period. August registered the biggest decrease since April...

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Retail trade sales changed by 1.0% in October

Period Retail trade Extended retail trade Volume of sales Nominal revenue Volume of sales Nominal revenue October / September 1.0% 1.3% 1.7% 2.3% Quarterly moving average 1.0% 1.2% 0.6% 1.1% October 2014 / October 2013 1.8% 7.9% -2.6% 3.0% Cumulative in 2014 2.5% 8.9% -1.5% 4.1% Cumulative in 12 months...

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Industry drops in 9 of 14 places surveyed in November

In the seasonally-adjusted series, the reduced pace of the national industrial output between October and November 2015 (-2.4%) was followed by nine out of the 14 places surveyed, highlighted by the most intense drops registered in Espírito Santo (-11.1%), Ceará (-4.5%) and Minas Gerais (-4.0%). The...