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Costs in civil construction increase 10.16% in 2020, highest index in 7 years

Constant rises in costs of construction material impacted index - Photo: Mayke Toscano/Secom-MT Released today (12) by the IBGE, the National Index of Civil Construction - Sinapi closed 2020 with a rise of 10.16%, increasing 6.13 percentage points over 2019 (4.03%). It was the highest rate in the time...

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After two months of deflation in a row, IPCA increases 0.26% in June

High in gasoline prices made inflation go up in June - Photo: Helena Pontes/ IBGE News Agency After two consecutive months of deflation, prices in the country rose again and registered a 0.26% increase in June, according to the Extented National Consumer Price Index (IPCA), published today (10) by the...

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From large works to prevention of disasters, get to know the functions of geodetic networks

Establishing coordinates for infrastructure works. Demarcating agricultural land. Detecting disturbances in the atmosphere that can interfere in the transmission of electricity. And even warning a tsunami in the South Atlantic. Do you know what these tasks have in common? They are streamlined by the...

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Iron ore pushes rise of industry prices after two consecutive decreases

Producer prices in the mining and quarrying sector rose 7.67% in August, with a cumulative increase of 30.36% in the year - Photo: Agência Vale The rise of prices of iron ore abroad and the appreciation of the dollar currency led to an increase of 0.92% in the overall industry inflation in August, versus...

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Industry loses 9.6 thousand enterprises and one million jobs in ten years

Number of industrial enterprises records seventh decrease in a row in 2020. - Photo: José Fernando Ogura/AEN-PR In 2020, Brazil had 303.6 thousand enterprises with one or more employed persons, being 6.3 thousand in the mining and quarrying segment and 297.3 thousand in the manufacturing one. These enterprises...

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Dependent on rainfall, dry farming has water deficit of 37%

Dry farming is completely dependent on rainfall and water retained in the soil - Photo: ANA collection Dry farming, which occupies more than 90% of the country's agricultural area, could be more productive, were it not for the 37% annual water deficit. This type of planting, which depends entirely on...

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Iron ore influences producer price index

The mining and quarrying industries had the highest price change between September and October, 9.41%. That's what the Producer Price Index (IPP), released today, reveals. The sector accumulates 10.17% in the year and has the greatest cumulative change in 12 months of industry's prices, 34.66%. The positive...

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Inflation preview grows 1.06% in December and closes 2020 at 4.23%

Food and beverage closed the year with a cumulative high of 14.36%, the highest since 2002 - Photo: Helena Pontes/Agência IBGE Notícias The Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15) increased by 1.06% in December and closed the year 2020 with an increase of 4.23%. The result, released today...

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International market boosts rise of 1.63% in industrial prices

Prices of petroleum products in industry were pressed in March - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency Influenced by the rise in the prices of commodities, the industrial inflation rose 1.63% in March, compared with February. The change was leveraged by the mining and quarrying industries (12.13%)...

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July estimate points to record crop of 263.4 million metric tons in 2022

July estimate points to a record crop of 263.4 million metric tons in 2022 - Photo: Luiz Henrique Magnante/Embrapa The Brazilian harvest of cereals, legumes and oilseeds should reach a record 263.4 million metric tons, according to the July estimate of the Systematic Survey of Agricultural Production...

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Petroleum influences rise in producer prices

Released today by the IBGE, the Producer Price Index - IPP increased 1.43% between October and November 2017. Despite the positive change in 20 out of 24 activities surveyed, only seven of them rose above the national average: oil refining and ethanol products (5.91%), basic metals (3.08%), other chemicals...

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Inflation is 0.64% up in September and records highest index for the month since 2003

Rice prices rose by almost 18% in September - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Inflation rose by 0.64% in September, pushed by rise of food and fuel prices, being above the rate of August (0.24%). That is the biggest result for a month of September since 2003, when the indicator was 0.78%. Data...

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Chemicals trigger increase in producer prices in March

The Producer Price Index, released today by the IBGE, changed 1.05% in March compared to February. This is the greatest high since November 2017, when it registered an index of 1.40%. Of the 24 activities monitored by the survey, Other Chemicals, with a 2.86% change in February, was the category that...

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Industry inflation rate decelerates to 1.89% in April

"Other products" accounted for main impact on the index (0.40 p.p.) - Photo: Pixabay Industry prices rose 1.89% in April from the previous month. Despite the increase, there was deceleration against March (4.63%), when there was the second biggest increase throughout the Producer Price Index (IPP) time...

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Black and brown persons remain with less access to jobs, education, security and sanitation

In 2021, the informality rate among black (43.4%) and brown (47.0%) employed persons was higher than that of white persons (32.7%) - Picture: Eduardo Peret/IBGE News Agency Social inequalities due to color or race remain evident in the labor market. Unemployment, underutilization and informality continue...

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Cattle herd is smaller in 2018, a year marked by growth in slaughter and exports

Among livestock indicators, cattle herd was the only one recording decrease in 2018 - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency All the animal inventories recorded increases in 2018, except cattle herd, which fell by 0.7%, with a reduction by approximately 1.5 million head 1,5 agaisnt 2017 figures. That...

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IPCA registers deflation of 0.04%, lowest figure for September since 1998

Price of eating out decelerated from 0.53% in August to 0.04% in September - Photo: IBGE Archive Brazil registered a deflation of 0.04% in September, the lowest figure for this month since 1998, when the index stayed at -0.22%. The drop was mainly pressed by the reduction of 0.43% in the prices of food...

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Construction costs up 0.88% in August, greatest high of the year

Cement drove the high in August - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), released today (9) by the IBGE, grew 0.88% in August, the highest rate registered this year. It is an increase of 0.39 percentage points in relation to July (0.49%). This growth...

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Internet was available in 90.0% of Brazilian housing units in 2021

TV surpassed PCs as second most used device for Internet access - Photo: Helena Pontes on mockup Freepik For the first time since 2016, there was signficant change in the ranking of most often used devices to access the Internet in Brazilian housing units. In 2021, the cell phone remained in the leadership,...

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Costs of construction rise 18.65% in 2021, highest rate in nine years

Costs of construction material impacted on the index along the year - Photo: Simone Mello/IBGE News Agency Released today (11) by the IBGE, the National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi) decelerated to 0.52% in December, the lowest rate in 2021. Even so, the cumulative index in the year hit 18.65%,...