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Population increases, but number of persons under 30 falls by 5.4% from 2012 to 2021

Brazilian population increases by 7.6% in 10 years - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Brazil’s population is older. Between 2012 and 2021, the number of persons under 30 years of age fell 5.4%, whereas all the groups above that age bracket recorded increase in the period. As a consequence, persons...

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ENCE offers specialization course on environmental analysis and territory management

Registration open until October 15 for ENCE's Specialization Course on Environmental Analysis and Territory Management. Photo: IBGE collection. The IBGE National School of Statistical Sciences (ENCE), located in Rio de Janeiro (RJ), has registration open until October 15 for the Specialization Course...

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Household consumption grows again after nine quarters

With an increase of 1.4% in the comparison between the first and the second quarters of 2017, household consumption resumes growth. In the last quarter, the indicator had shown stability (0.0%), and, in this second quarter, recorded the first growth in nine quarters. “Trade, from the perspective of supply,...

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Inflation preview hits 0.54%, highest figure since March 2015

Food products drive inflation preview upwards: pinto beans rose 41.44% - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The inflation preview accelerated to 0.54% in March, driven by the rise of prices of food products and transportation, by 1.28% and 0.59%, respectively. That is the biggest change for a month...

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Unemployment maintains record of 14.7% in quarter ending in April

14.8 million persons are looking for a job in Brazil - Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The unemployment rate was 14.7% in the quarter ended in April, 0.4 percentage points above the quarter ended in January (14.2%). As a result, the number of unemployed persons changed 3.4%, with more 489 thousand persons...

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Services sector closes 2019 growing 1%, first rise in five years

Information and communication services, like search engines, leveraged the rise of the sector this year Photo: Pixabay Volume of services increased 1% in 2019, interrupting a sequence of four years without positive results: 2015 (-3.6%), 2016 (-5.0%), 2017 (-2.8%) and 2018 (0%). These are data from the...

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New PNAD TIC will investigate streaming, 5G, the Internet of things, applications and work from home

Survey innovations were presented by Cimar Azeredo Pereira, IBGE's Director of Surveys, after the release of PNAD TIC 2021, on September 16, in Brasília - Photo: SDI-DF/IBGE News Agency Last Friday (16), the IBGE announced, im Brasília, changes in the thematic module on Information and Communication...

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In the middle of the pandemic, number of divorces drops 13,6% in 2020

With the drop registered in 2020, number of divorces was the lowest one since 2015 - Photo: Freepick Compared with the previous year, the number of divorces granted in Brazil fell 13.6% in 2020. In 2019, the drop had been of 0.5%, interrupting three consecutive years of growth. With the retraction, 331.2...

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Inflation preview stands at 1.14% in September, the highest figure for the month since 1994

Gasoline increases 2.85% and, together with electricity, exerts the greatest individual impact on the high of IPCA-15 - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Driven by the increase in the transportation group, the Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15) was 1.14% in September, the highest...

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Inflation reaches 0.86% in October, the highest increase for the month since 2002

Tomatoes' prices almost 19% up in Ocotber - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency The price rise in food and airfare put October inflation under pressure, accelerating it to 0.86%, above the rate registered in September (0.64%). This is the highest result for a October since 2002, when the indicator...

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Industrial output drops in eight of 15 places surveyed in November

Sector of petroleum products leverages drop in Rio de Janeiro industry - Photo: Cesar Duarte - Petrobras Agency The industrial output dropped in eight out of 15 places surveyed by the Monthly Survey of Industry (Regional PIM) between October and November, when the national index changed -0.2%. The major...

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Retail sales drop 0.6% in March, third negative result in 4 months

Drop in the sales of furniture and household appliances pressed the retreat of the retail sector - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The sales in the retail trade fell 0.6% in March, after changing 0.5% in the previous month. This is the third negative figure in the last four months. The retail,...

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Inflation preview stays at 0.72% in July, the highest rate for July since 2004

Electricity was the major individual impact on the July´s IPCA-15 - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency Pressed by the rise of 4.79% in electricity, the Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15) stayed at 0.72% in July. With this result, inflation preview registered the highest rise for...

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IPCA-15 drops 0.59% in May, highest deflation since the beginning of Real Plan

Drop in fule prices pressed the IPCA-15 downward in May - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Influenced by the drop in fuel prices, the early inflation of May registered -0.59%, the most intense deflation since the beginning of the Real Plan, in July 1994. Having fallen 8.51%, gasoline was the item...

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Inflation reaches 0.4% under pressure from electricity and fuels

Influenced by the increases in electricity, gasoline and diesel, inflation rose from 0.22% to 0.40% in May. In the case of electricity, the rise was 3.53%, after the yellow flag was in force and also after the increases in seven capitals, reaching 18.53% in Belo Horizonte and 16.95% in Salvador. The...

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With energy prices dropping, inflation is lowest for October since 1998

The reduction in the price of electricity bills pressed the October´s IPCA downward - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency The inflation in Brazil registered the lowest index for October since 1998. The prices rose 0.10% over September, when they deflated by 0.04%. The rate was 0.45% in October last...

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Industry prices grow 0.45% in September and record the second high in a row

IPP stays positive even with the 10.49% decrease in mining and quarrying prices - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency The increase in diesel, gasoline and fuel oil prices drove the industry inflation to rise 0.45% in September, compared to August. The 1.06% increase in food also contributed to keep...

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Enterprises report to be less affected by Covid effects in 2nd half of August

Construction and trade reported the highest incidence of negative effects in the fortnight - Photo: Acácio Pinheiro/Agência Brasília In the second half of August, of the 3.4 million enterprises in operation, 33.5% perceived negative impacts caused by the pandemic on their activities. In the previous...

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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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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...