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Industrial production drops 0.7% in December and closes 2010 in 10.5%

In December 2010, industrial production contracted 0.7%, in the seasonally adjusted series... In December 2010, the industrial production contracted 0.7%, in the seasonally adjusted series, after remaining virtually stable in the last four months. Compared with the same month of 2009, there was an expansion...

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IBGE releases new edition of Brazil in Figures illustrated with works from the Museum of Nature

Brazil in Figures – 2023 is Illustrated with works from the Museum of Nature, located in the state of Piauí - Photo: Art on mockup Pexels The IBGE releases today (29) the 31st edition of Brazil in Figures, an annual publication that presents information and analyses on multiple aspects of the Brazilian...

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Industrial employment remains unchanged (0.0%) in January

In January 2014, the total of salaried employed persons in the industry (0.0%) repeated the previous month´s figure, in the seasonally adjusted series, after having registered negative changes of 0.1% in November and of 0.4% in December. As a result, the quarterly moving average registered a negative...

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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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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 drops in six of the 14 places in May

The regional output indicators showed that the growth in the intensity of the falling pace, observed in the national index between the first semester of 2012 (-3.1%) and the April-May 2012 period (-3.9%) – both comparisons against the same period a year ago - was also seen in ten of the 14 places surveyed....

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IBGE releases Schedule for July 1-7

IBGE Schedule brings the IBGE´s schedule for the week - Picture: Bel Corção/Brasil com S Released today (1) at 9am, the IBGE Agenda brings the IBGE´s activities for this week. The schedule includes the releases, internal and external meetings, as well as events and appointments of the Presidency, Directorates...

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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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Retail comprises 84.2% of the commercial companies in Brazil

In 2005, according to IBGE’s Annual Survey of Trade (PAC), there were 1,438 million commercial companies all over the country, with net operating revenue of R$ 940,2 billion and employing 7,074 million persons. Wholesale companies had the highest revenue (R$ 418,9 billion), but retail comprised 84.2%...

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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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Continuous PNAD: 10% of population concentrate nearly half of wage bill in Brazil in 2017

In 2017, those 10% of the population with the highest earnings held 43.3% of the wage bill in Brazil, whereas those 10% with the lowest earnings held 0.7% of it. The persons who comprised those 1% of the Brazilian population with the highest earnings received, on average, R$27,213 in 2017. This value...

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In August, IBGE estimates harvest of 133.8 million metric tons

According to the Systematic Survey of Agricultural Production (LSPA), the national harvest of cereals, legumes and oilseeds shall be 133.8 million metric tons: this number is 0.3% greater than the estimate of July and 14.3% ... According to the Systematic Survey of Agricultural Production (LSPA) 1 the...

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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 November, unemployment rate was 5.7%

That was the lowest rate since the beginning of the series of the survey, started in March of 2002... That was the lowest rate since the beginning of the survey series, started in March of 2002. In relation to October (6.1%) the unemployment rate dropped 0.4 percentage points and, in relation to November...

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In September, industrial production decreased in 9 of the 14 areas surveyed

The Brazilian industrial production recorded negative change of 0.2% between August and September 2010 (seasonally adjusted series), and there were negative rates in 9 of the 14 areas surveyed. Rio Grande do Sul (-2.3%), mainly affected by the interruption of petroleum refining and alcohol production,...

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Industrial employment remains stable in July

In July 2005, the industrial employment indicator had no change in relation to the previous month (0.0%), for the seasonally adjusted series. In comparison with the same month last year, the index grew by 1.1% and its accumulated rate in the year was 2.1%. The accumulated rate in the last 12 months decreased...

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Continuous PNAD: unemployment rate stays at 10.9% in quarter ending in March 2016  

Indicator / Period Jan - Feb - Mar2016 Oct - Nov - Dec2015 Jan - Feb - Mar2015 Unemployment rate 10.9% 9.0% 7.9% Usual real earnings R$1,966 R$1,961 R$2,031 Value of earnings in relation to: 0.3% (stable) -3.2% The unemployment rate in the moving quarter ending in March 2016 was estimated at 10.9%, 1.9...

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Continuous PNAD: unemployment rate stays at 10.2% in quarter ending in February 2016

Indicator / Period Dec - Jan - Feb2016 Sep- Oct- Nov2015 Dec - Jan - Feb2015 Unemployment rate 10.2% 9.0% 7.4% Usual real earnings R$1,934 R$1,954 R$2,012 Value of earnings in relation to: -1.0% -3.9% The unemployment rate in the moving quarter ended in February 2016 was estimated at 10.2% for Brazil,...

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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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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...