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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 stays at -0.66% in March

Sector of refining and biofuels exerts the biggest negative impact due to drop of foreign prices - Picture: André Motta de Souza/Ag. Petrobras The industrial prices changed -0.66% in March over February. The cumulative index in the year hit -0.66%, the second lowest figure ever registered for March since...

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After two months of deflation, IPCA-15 stays at 0.16% in October

Gasoline dropped 5.92% in October and it was the item with the biggest negative impact this month - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency After registering two consecutive months of deflation, inflation preview in October was 0.16%. Like in the last months, the retreat in the price of fuels (-6.14%)...

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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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In 2022, women dedicated more 9.6 weekly hours than men to household tasks and care of persons

Men carry out household tasks at similar rates as women only when living alone - Picture: Bel Corção/Brasil com S In 2022, the population aged 14 years and over dedicated, on average, 17 weekly hours to household tasks and/or care of persons, being 21.3 weekly hours for women and 11.7 hours for men....

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Industry inflation stays at 5.22% in February, biggest increase since 2014

With a hike of 12.12%, oil refining sector accounted for main impacts on the index - Photo: André Valentim/Petrobras Agency Industry prices rose 5.22% in February from January, biggest increase in the Producer Price Index (IPP) time series, initiated 2014. The index performance in February reached its...

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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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Inflation reaches 0.83% in May, highest rise for May in 25 years

The rise in electricity pressed the IPCA, which registered the highest change for May since 1996 - Photo: Freepik Pressed by the rise in electricity, the inflation reached 0.83% in May, the highest rate for May since 1996, when it hit 1.22%. The result also stayed above the rate of 0.31% recorded in...

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Industry prices rise 19.40% in 2020, led by food products

Prices of food, such as milk, had an impact on industry inflation in 2020 - Photo: Gilson Abreu/AEN-Paraná In 2020, industry prices rose 19.40%, biggest increase since 2014 and 3.6 times above the annual average of 5.36% between 2014 and 2019. In December, the change was of 0.41% against November, the...

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Inflation in industry reaches 3.28% in August, the highest increase since 2014

Price rise in soybean products played an important part in August's IPP high - Photo: AEN/PR Industry prices rose 3.28% in August compared to July, the highest increase since January 2014, the beginning of the time series of the Producer Price Index (IPP). The result, released today (29) by the IBGE,...