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With increases in Industry and Services, GDP grows by 7.7% in Q3

Biggest increase (7.7%) since the start of the time series is not enough to make up for pandemic-related losses - Photo: Marcelo Benedicto/ IBGE News Agency Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased by 7.7% in Q3 from Q2, the biggest change since the start of the time series in 1996, but not yet at a rate...

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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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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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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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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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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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Services sector advances 1.1% in July, third increase in a row

Information technology services drove the 1.1% high of the information and communication sector - Photo: Pixabay The volume of services rendered in the country grew 1.1% from June to July, the third consecutive positive result, a period in which it accumulates a gain of 2.4%. With this result, the sector...

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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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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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Crop estimate declines in February, but record crop forecast is confirmed

Corn crop is expected to grow 23.9% compared to 2021 - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The national grain crop should reach 261.6 million metric tons in 2022, according to the February estimate of the Systematic Survey of Agricultural Production (LSPA), released today (March 10) by the IBGE. This...

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IBGE works to reduce refusal rate and complete 2022 Census

Enumerators have been facing difficulties to access condominiums - Picture: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency After six months in the field, one of the major challenges to complete the 2022 Census is the high number of refusals to answer the questionnaire. In Brazil, the average rate hits 2.43%, considering...

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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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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 observers of 2022 Census share experiences on data collection in six cities

Eduardo Rios Neto, president of the IBGE, shows his gratitude for the support of international institutions during the “Observing the Census” project - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/ IBGE News Agency Attended by observers from statistical agencies of 18 countries in North, Central and South America and Africa,...

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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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GDP grows 1.0% in first quarter, leveraged by services sector

Restaurant services are among those that influenced the growth of the GDP - Photo: Vanderlei Farias/Secom Cascavel The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew 1.0% in the first quarter this year, compared with the last quarter a year ago. This is the third positive figure after the retreat in the second quarter...

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GDP advances 1.2% in Q2, fourth positive result in a row

In-person services had an impact on the rise in GDP - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew 1.2% in the second quarter of this year compared to the previous quarter. It is the fourth consecutive positive result of the indicator after the 0.3% decrease in the second...

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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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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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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...