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Inflation preview was 0.99% in February, the highest rate for the month since 2016

The beginning of the school year brought impact on February's IPCA 15 - Photo: Rovena Rosa / Agência Brasil The Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15), which is the official inflation preview, was 0.99% in February - 0.41 percentage points (pp) above the January rate (0.58%). This is the...

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Three new indexes show drop of poverty and vulnerability between 2008-2009 and 2017-2018

IBGE´s experimental statistics measures poverty based on dimensions like housing, transportation and leisure - Picture: IBGE Archive For the first time ever, the IBGE releases, as experimental statistics, the Evolution of Non-Monetary Indicators of Poverty and Quality of Life in Brazil, based on the...

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Inflation preview stays at 0.60% in April pressed by rise in fuels

Gasoline remains as the product with the major impact on the index - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 - IPCA-15, the inflation preview, stayed at 0.60% in April, standing 0.33 percentage points (p.p.) below the rate registered in March (0.93%). The cumulative...

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Construction costs grow 0.72% in January, with lower pressure from materials

Workforce was the greatest weight in the construction costs due to the minimum wages increase. Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), releases toady (Feb 9) by the IBGE, increased 0.72% in January, 0.20 percentage points above the rate of December 2021 (0.52%)....

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Inflation in industry decelerates to 1% in May due to dollar depreciation

Food sector drove the high in industry's inflation in May - Photo: José Fernando Ogura-AEN PR Industrial prices rose 1% from April to May, a result less than the increase registered from March to April (2.19%), representing a slowdown in industrial price inflation. It is also the smallest price change...

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Inflation hits 0.67% in June, driven by food products

Food prices for consumption away from home rose 1.26% in June and led to the increase of IPCA - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Inflation hit 0.67% in June after a change of 0.47% in the previous month. The increase was mainly influenced by the increase of 0.80% of the group food and beverages,...

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ODS 7: ensure access to renewable and clean energy

To guarantee universal access to energy being able to fulfill the needs of the economy is a vital condition for human dignity and for the growth of the country. Nevertheless, that target cannot be met without careful consideration to the environment. That is why we need to build an electricity matrix...

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IBGE survey shows a decade of information on students’ health

PeNSE being administered in a school in Amapá in 2015. Students answered the survey using a data collection device. - Photo: IBGE Collection A decade of surveys about teenage health and its tendencies. That is what the IBGE has released today in the experimental study of the National Survey of School...

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With rise in health insurance plans, inflation preview stays at 0.69% in June

Adjustments in health insurance plans authorized by ANS pressed inflation preview of June - Photo: Freepik Inflation preview accelerated in June to 0.69%, standing 0.10 percentage points (p.p.) above the rate registered in May (0.59%). Having increased 2.99% and having represented 0.10 p.p. in the June´s...

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Employed population in Trade grows 3.2% in 2021, but stands below the pre-pandemic period

Almost 40% of the sales in the Retail Sales of Cultural, Recreation and Sporting Goods took place through the Internet in 2021 - Art mockup/Freepik The 2021 Annual Survey of Trade (PAC) revealed that, in the second year of the pandemic, the Brazilian commercial activity had 1.4 million companies, employing...

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Inflation in industry stays at 1.94% in July, with increases in 20 of the 24 areas surveyed

Food industry accounted for the main contribution to IPP in July - Photo: José Fernando Ogura/AEN-PR Industry prices rose 1.94% from June to July, a result above the increases rof May and June and the biggest change in the last three months - there was a change of 1.29% in June and 0.99% in May. Cumulative...

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With decrease in gasoline and increase in food, IPCA-15 stands at 0.58 in January

Gasoline prices fell 1.78% in January - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The inflation preview decelerated to 0.58% in January, after high of 0.78% in the previous month. Over the last 12 months, the indicator acumulates high of 10.20%, below the 10.42% recorded in the previous 12 months. The rate...

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With fuel prices falling, preview of September inflation stays at -0.37%

September inflation preview shows fuels down by almost 10% - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The September inflation preview was -0.37%, registering the second consecutive drop after -0.73% in August. The price of fuel had the greatest influence, with emphasis on the decline in gasoline, in particular....

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Estimates indicate 2019 will have second biggest grain harvest in current time series

The second estimate for the national harvest of cereals, legumes and oilseeds in 2019 indicates an increase of 1.7% against the 2018 output. As a result, the amount harvested next year is expected to be the second biggest in the time series initiated in 1975. In absolute figures, output is expected to...

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Services sector drops 3.1% in January, after reaching historical record in December 2022

Biggest negative influence on the month´s result came from the transportation sector (-3.7%) - Picture: Rodrigo Felix Leal/SEIL-PR Volume of services dropped 3.1% in January 2023 over December 2022, when it hit the peak in the time series. Volume of services advanced 6.1% over January 2022, the 23rd...

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In 2021, per capita household earnings hit lowest level since 2012

Changes in rules of emergency aid and inflation explain drop in household earnings per person in 2021 - Photo: Marcelo Casal Jr/Agência Brasil The household monthly average earnings per person fell 6.9% in 2021 and changed from R$1,454 in 2020 to R$1,353. This is the lowest value in the time series of...

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Harsh climatic conditions can affect 2018 harvest

Grain harvest in Brazil is expected to amount to 220.2 million metric tons, 8.9% below the 2017 estimate (241.6 million metric tons). All that is presented in the first harvest estimate for 2018, released today by the IBGE. According to the survey, decrease may be observed, mainly, in corn (14.3 million...

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Retail sales grow 1.1% in February, second increase in a row

Fuels and lubricants increased 5.3% in February - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency The volume of retail sales in the country grew 1.1% in February, compared to the previous month (2.1%), the second consecutive increase. As a result, the sector is 1.2% above the pre-pandemic level, and 4.9% below...

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Slaughter of hogs and pigs in Q3 is record in time series

Slaughter of hogs and pigs has new record, benefited by exports - Photo:Ari Dias/AEN-PR A total of 13.72 million hogs and pigs were slaughtered in the third quarter of 2021, a record figure in the time series that started in 1997. This figure represents an increase of 7.8% in relation to the same period...

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Custos da construção civil desaceleram para 0,38% em outubro (2)

Sinapi confirms the pace of decline in relation to the period of the pandemic - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The National Civil Construction Index (Sinapi), released today (Nov. 10) by the IBGE, rose 0.38% in October, but decelerated 0.06 percentage points (pp) compared to the September rate...