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With services affected by pandemic, GDP of 2020 falls 3.3%

Food services fall 27% and influence GDP retraction in 2020 - Picture: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency In 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the world economy, the Brazilian Gross Domestic Product (GDP) dropped 3.3% after rising 1.2% in 2019. The gross value added of services fell 3.7%, leveraged...

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Inflation stays at 0.31% in April, pressed by adjustment in medicines

The rise in the price of pharmaceuticals impacted the index registered in April - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Pressed by the rise in the prices of pharmaceuticals, the inflation stayed at 0.31% in April, below that registered in March (0.93%). As a result, the index accrues a rise of 2.37%...

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Inflation hits 0.87% in August, highest figure in August since 2000

Gasoline rose 2.80% in August and has a cumulative increase of 31.09% in the year - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Inflation rose by 0.87% in August and reached its peak in a month of August since 2000. The cumulative index in the year stayed at 5.67% and, in the last 12 months, at 9.68%, above...

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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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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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High dollar presses industrial prices, which rise 0.70% in February

The biggest negative influence on the index came from oil refining and ethanol products, which fell 6.34% - Photo: André Valentim/Petrobras Agency The prices of the mining and manufacturing industries increased 0.70% in February over January, when the change had been 0.35%. The information is from the...

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At 8.4%, unemployment remains stable in quarter ending in January

Employment in agriculture retracted by 272 thousand people in quarter ended in January - Picture: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency The unemployment rate, which measures unemployment in Brazil, stayed at 8.4% in the quarter ended in January. That rate represents a stability in the comparison with the...

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Construction costs decelerate to 1.33% in February

National cost by square meter reached R$ 1,319.18 in February - Photo: Pixabay The National Civil Construction Index (Sinapi) stayed at 1.33% in February, 0.66 percentage points below the January rate (1.99%), the first instance of deceleration since July 2020. There was increase of the indicator in...

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Lowest inflation for January since the creation of Real Plan

The Extended National Consumer Price Index - IPCA, which measures inflation, changed 0.29% in January compared with December last year, the lowest figure for January since the creation of the Real Plan. The cumulative inflation stayed at 2.86% in the last 12 months. Of the nine groups that comprise the...

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Grain harvest should grow 1% and reach 228.8 million tonnes in 2019

Both the production and planted area of rice should decrease in 2019 - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency The second estimate for the grain harvest in 2019 pointed out to an output of 228.8 million tonnes, 1% higher than last year. The estimate of the harvested area should increase 1.7% over 2018,...

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Civil construction costs grow 0.11% in November

Civil construction costs accumulate a high of 3.80% in the year and of 4.03% in 12 months - Photo: Simone Mello/IBGE News Agency The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinap), released today by the IBGE, changed 0.11% in November, the lowest rate recorded in 2019 (the same rate as that of May). This...

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IBGE releases new edition of Political Map of Brazil

Approximate view of the state of Santa Catarina on the new Political Map of Brazil in the 1:2,500,000 scale - Picture: Art over mockup The IBGE releases today (28) the 2021 version of the Political Map of Brazil in the 1:2,500,000 scale, where 1 cm is equivalent to 25 km in the terrain. A cartographic...

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Services sector has high of 1.1% in February

The transportation sector (2.3%) was the one that exerted the greatest positive influence in February - Photo:Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The volume of services grew by 1.1% in February 2023 compared to the previous month, when there was a decrease of 3.0%. Compared to February 2022, the sector increased...

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Inflation decelerates to 0.25% in January pressed by drop in electricity

Change from the red tariff flag to the yellow one contributed to the deflation in the group of Housing - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency After four months of rises, varying from 0.64% in September to 1.35% in December, the inflation decelerated in January, registering 0.25%, the lowest index since...

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Construction costs slow down to 0.44% in September

After highs in recent years, materials have contributed to the slowdown in construction costs - Photo: Helena Pontes/ IBGE News Agency The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), released today (Oct 11) by the IBGE, rose 0.44% in September, but decelerated 0.14 percentage points (pp) compared...

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June estimate points to record harvest of 258.5 million metric tons in 2021

Delay in soybean planting caused damage to the second crop of corn, now with a drop in the 2021 estimate - Photo: Jonas Oliveira/AEN-PR The Brazilian Harvest of grains, cereals and oilseeds is expected to reach a record 258.5 million metric tons in 2021, according to the June estimate of the Systematic...

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Industrial production declines in eight of 15 areas surveyed in January compared to December

Sector of petroleum derivatives boosted the negative result of the industry in São Paulo - Photo:Tais Peyneau/Agência Petrobras From December to January, when the industrial production of the country shrank -0.3%, there was retraction in eight of the 15 locations investigated by the Regional Monthly...

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IBGE improves the calculation of domestic services for inflation indexes

The coming IPCA-15, to be released tomorrow, May 23, will present a new form of inclusion of domestic services in the housing unit, a change implemented in all consumer prices indexes – IPCA, IPCA-15 and INPC. It is the second time the institute effects a change in the inclusion of these subitems which,...

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First forecast expects record harvest of grains in 2022 leveraged by recover of corn

Corn is expected to rise in the two harvests in 2022 and should leverage a record - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency According to the first estimate of the Systematic Survey of Agricultural Production - LSPA, released today (11) by the IBGE, the Brazilian harvest of cereals and legumes should...

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Construction costs speed up to 1.87% in April

Steel drives high in prices of civil construction materials - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), released today (May 11) by the IBGE, rose 1.87% in April compared to March - the third highest rate in the series since the exemption from payroll in...