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Car production contributes to recovery of industry in 2017

Industry closed Q3 2017 with an increase of 1.6% in its national output, mainly due to the increased production of motor vehicles. The cumulative increase in 2017 now amounts to 14.8%; against the result of September 2016, industrial output records an increase of 20.9%. There was increase of 0.1% in...

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Retail sales drop 1.7% in June after rising for two months

The biggest drop among the activities was registered by Fabric, apparel and footwear (-3.6) - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency After two consecutive months of growth, sales of the retail trade dropped 1.7% between May and June. It was the biggest retraction in the sector this year and the second...

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Unemployment rises to 12.2% and hits 12.9 million in Q1 2020

More than 1,2 million persons were in search of a job in Brazil in the first quarter of 2020 - Photo: Dênio Simões/Brasília Local Branch The unemployment rate increased to 12.2% in the first quarter this year, an increase of 1.3 percentage points (p.p) in comparison with the last quarter of 2019, according...

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IBGE depicts natural cover of Brazilian biomes from 2000 to 2018

Deforested area in the Amazon Biome, in the state of Rondônia - Photo: Fernando Peres Dias/IBGE Collection The Brazilian biomes lost nearly 500 thousand km² of natural cover: from 5.9 million km², in 2000, to 5.4km² in 2018. The greatest reduction of native area took place in the Amazon, which shrank...

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Unemployment retreats to 14.1% in Q2, still hits 14.4 million persons

Nearly 25 million persons work on their own - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The unemployment rate retreated to 14.1% in the second quarter this year, a reduction of 0.6 percentage points in relation to the first quarter. Despite the decrease in the rate, Brazil still adds up to 14.4 million persons...

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Costs of civil construction rise 0.11% in May, lowest rate since November 2016

Despite the deceleration, costs of civil construction rose 0.11% in May - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency Released today by the IBGE, the National Index of Civil Construction - Sinapi rose 0.11% in May, a result below the rate of 0.34% in April. This was the lowest rate since November 2016,...

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Women continue ahead of men in caretaking and household chores

In 2017, women continued to work 20.9 hours per week in household chores and in caretaking, almost twice as the 10.8 hours spent by men. Of the 88.2 million women aged 14 or over, 92.6% did these two activities last year, a slight increase compared to the 90.6% result in 2016. The proportion of men increased...

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Services increase by 1.1% in July and hit five-year peak

The hotel segment led the result of services rendered to families, which are still below pre-pandemic levels - Photo: Brisa Gil Volume of services increased by 1.1% from June to July, fourth positive rate in a row, with a cumulative 5.8% in the period. As a result, the sector is 3.9% above the pre-pandemic...

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Employment reduces to 12.6% in Q3 and reaches 13.5 million

Informal work drove growth in employment - Photo: Helena Pontes/IIBGE News Agency The unemployment rate dropped to 12.6% in the third quarter of this year, a reduction of 1.6 percentage points compared to the second quarter. As a result, the number of people looking for a job in the country dropped to...

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Publication updates the subclasses of the National Classification of Economic Activities

Last Friday (5), the IBGE published the National Classification of Economic Activities (CNAE) Subclasses version 2.3 for use in Public Administration records and registers. The update brings nine new subclasses, eliminates six others and changes the name of one, now comprising a total of 1,332 categories...

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A matter of gender: mental health indicators are worse for girls

In 2019, 29.6% of school girls felt that life was not worth living. Photo: Kat Jayne/Pexels Girls, most of the time, have been feeling sadder than boys. And also more worried or feeling that nobody cares for them, or yet that life is not worth living. It is what the National Survey of School Health (PeNSE)...

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Industrial production drops in 10 of the 15 places surveyed in June

Sector of motor vehicles influenced decrease in Paraná and in São Paulo - Photo: State Government of São Paulo Industrial production shrank in ten of the 15 anaysed places by the Monthly Survey of Industry (PIM - Regional), from May to June. The main drops were in Paraná (-5.7%) and in Pará (-5.7%)....

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With eight highs in electricity in a row, inflation forecast stands at 0.09 in September

Electricity rises 2.31% in September and accumulates a high of 11.55% in the year - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency Affected by the eighth consecutive increase in electricity, September's Extended Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15) stood at 0.09%, close to August (0.08%). With this result, the...

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Revision of GDP 2016 points to a decrease of 3.3% against previous year

In its consolidated result, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of 2016 reached R$ 6.267 trillion and its decrease in volume against 2015 was revised from 3.5% to 3.3%, thus confirming downward trend for the second year in a row (in 2015, there was a change of -3.5%). Per capita GDP was R$ 30,548, with...

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With lowest result in December within the Real Plan, inflation meets target and closes 2018 at 3.75%

Having recorded its lowest result in a month of December since 1994 (0.15%), inflation in 2018 stayed at 3.75%, within the target set by the federal government, 4.5% with a margin of 1.5 percentage points above or below. In spite fo that, the Extended Consumer Price Index (IPCA), released today by the...

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Services sector grows 3.7% in February and surpasses pre-pandemic figures

Transportation and storage of cargo grew after increase of exports and sales in online trade - Photo: José Fernando Ogura-AEN Services sector grew 37% from January to February and surpassed, for the first time, pre-pandemic levels. In nine consecutive months with positive rates, the sector has recorded...

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IBGE: In July, estimated harvest increase for 2020 is 3.8%

Soybean harvest is expected to surpass 120 million metric tons - Photo: Abiove The national harvest of grain is expected to reach 250.5 million metric tons and hit a new record in 2020, according to the July estimates of the Systematic Survey of Agricultural Production (LSPA), released today (11) by...

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Civil construction costs increase 0.21% in February

The value of construction labor force dropped 0.15% compared to January - PHoto: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The National Civil Construction Index (Sinapi), released today by the IBGE, increased 0.21% in February, falling 0.21 percentage points below January rate (0.42%). The result was driven by...

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Civil construction prices hit the top in the year

After registering the second consecutive high, construction prices in June reached the highest level of the year, 0.58%, standing 0.03 percentage points above the 0.55% recorded in May. The information is from the National Index of Construction (Sinapi), released today by the IBGE. The prices of construction...

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São Paulo drives 0.68% increase in civil construction costs in July

The high of 0.68% in the costs of civil construction was the greatest since 2015 - Photo: Simone Mello/IBGE News Agency The National Index of Construction (Sinapi), released today by the IBGE, grew 0.68% in July, an increase of 0.33 percentage points over June (0.35%). This is the highest rate for July...