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Careiro da Várzea: the Census in riverside communities in Amazonas

In the port of Careiro da Várzea municipality, servants of IBGE/AM wait for a boat to visit the community of São Sebastião do Paraná-Mirim - Photo: Jéssica Santos/IBGE Living in the municipality of Careiro da Várzea, in Amazonas, means facing the river floods and drought every year. Also, almost all...

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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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Retail trade sales up 1.4% in May, second month of increase in a row

Fabric, wearing apparel and footwear (16.8%) was responsible for the biggest increase in sales in May - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Trade sales were up 1.4% in May, after an increase of 4.9% in April. The result of May is the second consecutive increase of retail, which is now 3.95 above the...

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Construction costs grow 1.89% in July

July's high in construction costs was the third biggest in the year - Photo: Pixabay The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), released today (August 10) by the IBGE, rose 1.89% in July, the third highest increase of the year, but stood 0.53 percentage points below the previous month's rate...

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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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Cooperation between IBGE and Federal Revenue details supply and demand in Federation Units

For the first time, the information released is disaggregated into 12 activities and 12 products for 27 Federation Units - Photo: Freepik (art on photo) The IBGE releases today (3), the Tables of Resources and Uses by Federation Units (2018). The tables show the relationships between supply and demand...

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Between 2019 and 2020, services sector loses 1.1% of enterprises and 2.4% of jobs

Sector of Professional, administrative and complementary services led the employment ranking in 2020 - Photo: Claudio Vieira/PMSJC The Annual Survey of Services (PAS) 2020 added up to 1,368,885 enterprises, a drop of 1.1% over 2019, mainly due to the retraction of 14.3% in the segment of services rendered...

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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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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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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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Northeast registers the highest rise in Construction prices in February

Released today by the IBGE, the National Index of Civil Construction - Sinapi registered the highest change in the Northeast (0.44%) in February, compared with the previous month. The North Region, on its turn, recorded the lowest change in the month: 0.17%. In Brazil, the index changed 0.30%, slightly...

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Southeast concentrates more than one third of urbanized areas in Brazil

Urban concentration of São Paulo holds the largest urbanized area in Brazil - Picture: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency In 2019, Brazil had 45,945 km2 of urbanized areas, the equivalent to 0.54% of the Brazilian area. More than one third (36.5%) of the Brazilian urbanized areas is concentrated in the...

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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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Costs of civil construction close 2018 with 4.41% rise

Released today by the IBGE, the National Index of Civil Construction - Sinapi closed 2018 with a rise of 4.41%, standing above that registered in 2017 (3.82%). The monthly change for December was 0.22%. In the cumulative indexes in 2018, the prices of materials increased 6.30% and the labor force rose...

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Cattle herd is smaller in 2018, a year marked by growth in slaughter and exports

Among livestock indicators, cattle herd was the only one recording decrease in 2018 - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency All the animal inventories recorded increases in 2018, except cattle herd, which fell by 0.7%, with a reduction by approximately 1.5 million head 1,5 agaisnt 2017 figures. That...

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At the Saint Benedict’s Monastery: enumeration in a collective household

Monks living in the Saint Benedict’s Monatery are enumerated in Zeptember - Photo: Jessica Cândido/IBGE News Agency At 7:15 in the morning, monks living in the Saint Benedict’s Monatery, downtown Rio, started to sing Gregorian chant for the morning Mass. When the 45-celebration that takes pace in the...

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Services grow 0.7% in August, fourth positive rate in a row

The rise of 6.7% in other services is related with auxiliary financial services - Photo: Pixabay After advancing 1.3% in the previous month, volume of services rendered in Brazil grew 0.7% in August. It is the fourth consecutive positive figure, leading to a cumulative gain of 3.3% in this period. As...

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Despite the pandemic, number of companies in the market remains positive in 2020

In 2020, 826,4 thousand companies started their activities and 634.4 thousand were closed - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/ IBGE News Agency The balance between companies entering and exiting the market remined positive in 2020: 192,0 thousand. In spite of the pandemic, that was the second year with a positive...

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Trade has record drop of 4% in job positions in 2020

Sector of wearing apparel registered the highest drop in personnel among trade activities in 2020 (-15.3%). - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency In the first year of the pandemic, the Brazilian trade lost 4.0% of employment, 7.4% of enterprises and 7.0% of stores. Of the 404.1 thousand workers who...

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Construction costs up 0.88% in August, greatest high of the year

Cement drove the high in August - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), released today (9) by the IBGE, grew 0.88% in August, the highest rate registered this year. It is an increase of 0.39 percentage points in relation to July (0.49%). This growth...