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Pandemic was responsible for closure of 4 out of every 10 enterprises

Pandemic has a negative effect on business according to 70% of the active enterprises - Photo: Tânia Rêgo/Agência Brasil Among the 1.3 million enterprises that had stopped their activities temporarily or permanently in the first half of June, 39.4% reported as a main reason the restrictions imposed by...

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Civil construction prices record drop in seven states

In October, the National Index of Civil Construction (SINAPI) recorded one of the lowest rates of the year (-0.16%), registering decrease in seven states, with a highlight to Rio de Janeiro and Espírito Santo. Still in October, the share of materials presented a lower change (0.20%) than the one seen...

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São Francisco River enables strategic connection between Major Regions in Brazil

From its spring, at the highest spot of the National Park of Canastra, in Minas Gerais, up to the Atlantic Ocean, on the border between Alagoas and Sergipe, São Francisco River traverses 2,700 kilometers and brings water and life to the semi-arid region. Along that path it also crosses the states of...

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Business tourism takes off in June, rises up services sector

Tourism activities stood out in the services sector in June, influencing the 1.3% increase over May. "Due to business tourism, the activities of housing and air transportation increased this month, which usually benefit São Paulo and the Federal District", explains Roberto Saldanha, manager of the Monthly...

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Annual average unemployment rate decreases in most states in 2021

Annual average unemployment rate in 2021 is second highest since the beginning of the series - Photo: Helena Pontes/Agência IBGE Notícias The average annual unemployment rate in Brazil fell from 13.8% in 2020to 13.2% in 2021 e esse movimento de queda foi acompanhado pela maior parte das regiões. Also,...

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June's inflation stays at 0.01%, the lowest rate of the year

Decrease in fruit prices contributes to deflation of 0.25% in food in June - Photo: Luiz Agner/IBGE The Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA), which measures the official inflation in the country, was 0.01% in June, the lowest rate for 2019. The index accumulated a high of 2.23% in the year and...

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Industrial output drops in 7 out of the 15 areas surveyed in August

Industry shrank in seven areas - Photo: Geraldo Bubniak/AEN-PR Industrial output dropped in seven of the 15 areas surveyed from July to August, according to data from the Monthly Survey of Industry (PIM Regional), released today (08) by the IBGE. Pernambuco (-12%) recorded the biggest decrease and that...

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With fourth increase in a row, inflation in industry rises 1.43% in May

Mining and quarrying prices rose 6.50% in May, pushed by the oil sector - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/Agência IBGE Notícias Prices in industry rose 1.43% in May, against April, due to hikes in the sectors of food products, oil products and mining and quarrying. This is the fourth consecutive month of rise...

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Number of municipalities with fires increases 42.9% in four years

Number of municipalities that reported fires increased more than 40% - Photo: Vinícius Mendonça-Ibama About 66% of the Brazilian municipalities reported the occurrence of at least one environmental impact between the years 2018 and 2020. Of these, half reported cases of fire. This is shown by the result...

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Inflation stands at 0.25% in February, the lowest for the month since 2000

Prices of the group education rose 3.70% and had the highest impact on February's inflation - Photo: Agência Brasília The country's inflation was 0.25% in February, the lowest result for the month since 2000, when the index was 0.13%. The increase was driven by price rise at the beginning of the school...

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Number of black men killed by Covid exceeded that of white ones in 2020

Children aged up to 14 face highest extreme and extreme poverty rates - Photo: Tânia Rego/Brazil Agency. Last year, Covid-19 was the reported cause of death of 209.7 thousand deaths in the country, being 200.6 thousand deaths with informed color or race. Of that total, 101,9 thousand were white and 98.7...

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Unemployment stands steady at 14.4% in quarter ended in February

Unemployed population adds up to 14.4 million in the quarter ended in February - Photo: Marinho Ramos/Semcom - Manaus The unemployed population in Brazil was estimated at 14.4 million in the quarter ended in February, the largest amount since 2012 - starting point of the time series of the Continuous...

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GDP stays at -0.1% in third quarter influenced by drop in agriculture

Concentration of soybeans harvest in the first quarter caused a drop of 8.0% in agriculture in the third quarter - Photo: José Fernando Ogura/AEN-PR The Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which is the sum of the final goods and services produced in Brazil, stayed at -0.1% in the third quarter this year compared...

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Services sector grows 10.9% in 2021 and overcomes 2020 losses

Transportation sector drives up services in 2021 - Photo: Rodrigo Felix/SEIL-PR The services sector grew 10.9% in 2021, after having dropped 7.8% in 2020. That was the biggest rate for the end of a year since the beginning of the time series in 2012. In the comparison between December and November, the...

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Civil construction closes the year with lowest increase in costs since 2013

The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), released today by the IBGE, recorded, in 2017, ts lowest cumulative annual result (3.82%) since 2013, when it had recorded 0.52% due to the impact of the exemption of payroll taxes initiated that year. The monthly change in December was 0.18%, also below...

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Civil construction costs increases 0.19% in October

Workforce costs had the third lowest rate of the year, 0.11% - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The National Index of Construction (Sinapi), released today by the IBGE, grew 0.19% in October, after standing at 0.37% in September. The share of the labor force presented the third lowest rate of the...

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Industrial output remains on slight upward trend in November

From October to November, industry in Brazil recorded a positive change of 0.2%, having kept the same pace of increase as in September and October. That is what shows the Monthly Survey of Industry (PIM/PF-Brasil), released today, by the IBGE. Among the major economic categories, two recorded an increase...

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Services sector remains stable in December, closes year with drop of 7.8%

The drop in the revenue of restaurants, hotels and catering pressed the sector of services rendered to families - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The services sector remained stable (-0.2%) in December against November, interrupting six consecutive months of rises. Despite the cumulative gain of...

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Fuels boost inflation in September

With a high of 1.91% in September, against the previous month, fuels were the items that most influenced the 0.16% change of the Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA), released today by the IBGE. The liter of gasoline stood, on average, 2.22% more expensive than in August. The high was influenced...

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Retail sales grow 1.2% in July and reach record level

Personal and household articles had the biggest increase in July - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The sales volume of the retail trade in the country grew 1.2% in July, in the comparison with the previous month recording the fourth positive rate in a row. As a result, the sector’s level reached...