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Volume of services is stable in November, second month with no increase

Information technology sector drops 4.1%, highest increase since December 2021 - Photo: Pixabay The services sector was stable (0.0%) from October to November, second consecutive month without increase. The sector stood 10.7% above the pre-pandemic figure, of February 2020, but it is 0.5% below the record...

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IBGE updates statistics on threatened species in Brazilian biomes

The maned wolf is considered a vulnerable species in fauna. Photo: Pavel Dodonov/Flickr The IBGE released today (24) the updated data on threatened species for year 2022. This set of information is part of the survey “Ecosystem accounts: threatened species in Btrazil”, released for the first time in...

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Volume of services increases by 0.9% in March and closes Q1 5.8% up

Activities related to transportation still have an effect on national sector of services - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency The sector of services increased by 0.9% in March 2023 from February; it closed Q1 with a cumulative increase of 5.8% from the same period a year ago. As for the cumulative...

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North Region has the lowest access to cinemas, movie theaters and museums

Residents of 70% of northern municipalities spent more than one hour to get to the nearest city with a museum available - Photo: Ricardo Oliveira/Semcom – Manaus Municipal Administration In 2021, in 14.9% of the municipalities in the country, residents would have to commute for at least one hour to reach...

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Inflation reaches 0.53% in January, levereged by high in food items

The biggest impact on the IPCA in January came from the Food and beverage group (0.13 p.p.) - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/ IBGE News Agency The Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA) for January was 0.53%, the fourth month in a row with an increase. In the last 12 months, the cumulative inflation...

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Volume of trade sales down by 1% in May

Sector of hyper and supermarkets shrank in May and affected the result of trade sales in Brazil - IBGE Collection Retail trade sales in Brazil dropped by 1% from April to May. Therefore, the cumulative index in the year reached 1.3% whereas, in the last 12 months, it was 0.8%. The interannual comparison...

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Inflation preview stays at 1.17%, highest index in November since 2002

Gasoline accounted for the main individual impact on the November index, with a cumulative increase of 44.83% in the year - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency The inflation preview is up 1.17%, biggest change in November since 2002, when the index reached 2.08%. The cumulative change in the year...

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2022 Census: half of Brazilian indigenous population is under 25 years

Indigenous population shows a younger profile when compared with the total population living in Brazil - Picture: IBGE Archive The results of the 2022 Population Census show that the younger population has a higher weight among the indigenous people compared with the resident population in Brazil. It...

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Inflation preview stands at 0.69% in March

With a rise of 5.76%, gasoline was the subitem accounting for the main individual impact on the IPCA-15 of March - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Inflation preview in March up 0.69%, after the index of 0.76% in February. The Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15), released today (24)...

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Stock of corn shows highest rise in second semester of 2017

Having 13.7 million tonnes stocked, corn represented the largest volume in the stock of agricultural products in the second semester of 2017, an increase of 63.8% in relation to the second semester of 2016. According to the Survey of Stocks, released today by the IBGE, the stocked grains added up to...

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Food security in Brazilian households increases in 2023

In 2023, 56.7 million (72.4%) private housing units in the country were food secure, but, in other 21.6 million, access to food was difficult - Photo: Daiane Mendonça/SECOM-RO In Q4 2023, having as reference the three months prior to the date of the survey, 72.4% (56.7 million) of the 78.3 million permanent...

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Industry advances in 10 of the 15 areas surveyed in October

Industry of Bahia accounted for the main positive contribution to national industry in October, driven by petroleum products - Photo: André Motta de Souza/Petrobras With a change of 0.1% in industrial production from September to October, ten of the 15 areas surveyed by the Monthly Survey of Industry...

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Industrial output closes 2023 with growth in ten out of 18 places surveyed

The activities of coke, petroleum products and biofuels leveraged the performance of the Espírito Santo industry in 2023 - Picture: Flickr The production of the national industry rose 1.1% between November and December, with an expansion in ten out of 15 places surveyed. With the result of the last month...

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Inflation keeps rising, reaches 1.06% in April, highest rate for April since 1996

Having risen 2.06%, food remains pressing inflation - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency After reaching 1.62% in March, inflation rose 1.06% in April. This was the highest figure for April since 1996 (1.26%). The cumulative index in the year stayed at 4.29% and, in the last 12 months, at 12.13%, above...

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IBGE releases results of Continuous PNAD on child labor at ILO

From left to right, Laís Abramo, National Secretary of Care and Family, Adriana Beringuy, IBGE´s Coordinator of Household Sample Surveys, Cimar Azeredo, IBGE´s Director of Surveys, and Vinícius Pinheiro, ILO´s Director - Picture: Jéssica Farias On Wednesday 20, in Brasília, the IBGE released the Continuous...

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In 2022, the number of births falls for the fourth year and reaches the lowest level since 1977

Number of birth registrations keeps falling and reaches the lowest level since the 70s - Photo: Pxhere Brazil registered 2.54 million births in 2022, a drop of 3.5% compared to 2021, when the number was 2.63 million. This is the fourth consecutive decline in the country's total births, which reached...

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Industry inflation falls again and stands at -1.96% in September

Petroleum industrial chain was the main influence for new factory-gate price drop - Photo:André Valentim/Agência Petrobras Prices in the industrial sector fell 1.96% from August to September 2022, the second biggest drop since the beginning of the time series, which began in 2014. The previous index,...

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Industry prices close 2021 with a rise of 28.39%, a record in the time series

Eight activities closed the year with high prices, especially petroleum refining and biofuels - Photo: André Motta de Souza/Agência Petrobras Industrial sector inflation changed -0.12% in December 2021 compared to the previous month, the first negative result after 28 months. As a result, industrial...

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Civil construction costs up 0.31% in January

Share of materials registers first negative change since December 2019 - Photo:/IBGE News Agency The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), released today (February 08) by the IBGE, rose 0.31% in January, an increase of 0.23 percentage points in relation to December. In the last 12 months, the...

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Construction prices rise 0.58% in August, second lowest rate in the year

The share of construction material recorded a decrease both from the previous month and from August 2021 - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), released today (9) by the IBGE was 0.58%, with a decrease of 0.90 percentage points from the July rate...