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Industrial output increased in seven of the 14 areas surveyed in October

In October 2012, the seasonally-adjusted indexes of the regional industrial production recorded increase in seven of the 14 areas surveyed. The main highlights were Goiás (15.5%), after a 3.7% decrease in the previous month, and Espírito Santo (12.3%), which interrupted a series of three consecutive...

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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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Industrial output drops by 2.1% in April

The industrial output registered a decrease of 2.1% between March and April of 2011... The industrial output registered a decrease of 2.1% between March and April of 2011, seasonal influences removed, after accumulating a gain of 3.3% in the last three months of growth. In contrast with the same month...

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Quarterly Continuous PNAD: unemployment increases in 14 of the 27 Federation Units in Q1 2019

In Brazil, the unemployment rate of Q1 2019 was 12.7%, 1.1 percentage points above that of the previous quarter (11.6%) and 0.4 percentage points below Q1 2018 (13.1%). The biggest rates were observed in Amapá (20.2%), Bahia (18.3%) and Acre (18.0%), and the lowest, in Santa Catarina (7.2%), Rio Grande...

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Civil Registry 2011: Divorce rate goes up 45.6% in one year

The number of divorces in Brazil reached 351,153 in 2011, with increase of 45.6% over 2010 (243,224). As a result, the divorce rate reached its highest level since 1984 (2.6 divorces per 1,000 inhabitants aged 15 and over), even more than in the previous year (1.8‰). These data are presented by Civil...

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Industrial output drops in 12 of the 14 places surveyed in September

In September 2012, in the seasonally adjusted series, the regional indexes of the industrial output posted a negative change in 12 of the 14 places surveyed, with a highlight to the sharpest falls registered by Goiás (-2.9%), removing part of the 10.2% advance registered in the previous month, Rio de...

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Inflation preview for August stands at 0.19%

Increase in fuel prices (gasoline, ethanol, vehicle gas and diesel) led to growth in the Transportation group - Photo:LÍcia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency The August inflation preview was 0.19%, after a rate of 0.30% recorded in July. The National Extended Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15), released today...

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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 in August up in seven of the 14 areas surveyed

The national output of industry, in the seasonally adjusted series, was also stable in regional terms, with increases in seven areas and decreases in seven others. Paraná (3.6%), Goiás (1.7%) and Santa Catarina (1.6%) recorded the biggest gains. Paraná recorded bigger increase in comparison with the...

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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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Continuous PNAD 2018: 10% of population concentrate 43.1% of Brazilian wage bill

The Gini Index of the per capita household real monthly average earnings, which varies from zero (equality) to one (maximum inequality), was estimated at 0.545 in 2018. Between 2012 and 2015, the Gini Index tended to decrease (from 0.540 to 0.524), which was reversed from 2016 onwards, when the index...

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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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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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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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With two collective agreements and rise of materials, construction prices rise by 0.63% in August

Two collective labor agreements led to rise of workforce costs - Photo: Alex Ribeiro/Paraná Branch The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), released today (10) by the IBGE, apchanged by 0.63% in August. The rate is 0.23 percentage points (p.p.) above the index of July, 0.40%. this rate was...

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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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Industrial employment falls 0.7% in September

In September 2015, the total number of salaried employed persons in industry fell 0.7% over the previous month level, in the seasonally-adjusted series. It was the ninth consecutive negative result, registering a cumulative loss of 6.1%. Considering these figures, the quarterly moving average index had...

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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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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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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...