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Household surveys help to tell stories of Brazilian families

Each element of Daniele Miranda´s house is part of the history of the family - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency Daniele Miranda, her husband Paulo José da Silva and four children live for nine years in a house in the district of Realengo, west of Rio de Janeiro. Each element of the house is part...

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Inflation decelerates to 0.07%, the lowest for March since economic measures of Plano Real

Prices of food at home increased 1.40% in March - Photo: Eduardo Peret/IBGE News Agency After registering a rise of 0.25% in February, the official inflation in Brazil decelerated to 0.07% in March, according to the Extended National Consumer Price Index - IPCA released today (9) by the IBGE. This was...

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After four years of decrease, employment in industry increased by 0.7% in 2018

Industry employed 7.7 million persons in 2018, a slight increase against the previous year Photo: São Paulo State Government The number of persons employed in Brazilian industry increased by about 0.7% from 2017 to 2018, the biggest increase since 2013. Mining and quarrying industries increased in relevance...

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After four years of decrease, employment in industry increased 0.7% in 2018

Industry employed 7.7 million persons in 2018, a slight increase against the previous year Photo: São Paulo State Government The number of persons employed in Brazilian industry increased by about 0.7% from 2017 to 2018, the biggest increase since 2013. Mining and quarrying industries increased in relevance...

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Unemployment decreases in 5 states and increases in Roraima, only; Northeast Region has highest rate

The decrease of the national unemployment rate to 11.9% in the quarter ended September was concentrated in only five Federation Units (Rio de Janeiro, Ceará, Minas Gerais, Tocantins and Mato Grosso), whereas Roraima was rhe only state to record a hike in the period, of 13.5%. Among the Major Regions,...

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Rise of 0.55% is highest in year

Released today by the IBGE, the National Index of Civil Construction - Sinapi rose 0.55% in May compared with April, the highest monthly rate in 2018. In the cumulative index in the year, the rise was of 1.53%, whereas the result for the last 12 months stayed at 3.87%. Inflation for this sector was strongly...

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Inflation exceeds middle of the target and hits 4.31% in 2019

Food and beverages were heavy on the population's budget last year - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency According to the Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA), released today (10) by the IBGE, the official inflation closed the year of 2019 at 4.31%. The rate surpassed the target core of 4.25%,...

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Food products keep holding inflation back

Food products, responsible for 25% of household expenditure, recorded the main negative resullt in the Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15) of July, with a decrease of 0.14 percentage points. Most of those products got cheaper from June to July: potato (-19.07%), tomato (-8.48%) and fruits...

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Pharmaceuticals boost industry’s result in October

With a positive change of 0.2% in October compared to September, the industrial sector was influenced mainly by the pharmaceuticals and beverages, which increased production by, respectively, 20.3% and 4.8%. The two activities are in the category of semi-durable and non-durable consumer goods, which...

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With a deflation of 0.38% in May, IPCA registered the lowest rate in 22 years

Drop in the gasoline price pressed deflation of 0.38% in May - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency Pressed by the drop of 4.56% in fuel prices, the country registered a deflation of 0.38% in May, after the decrease of 0.31% in April. It is the second consecutive month of price drop and the lowest...

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Producer Price Index increases under the influence of petroleum and ethanol

After two months of negative results, the Producer Price Index (IPP) records an advance of 0.31% in August – a figure very much influenced by the sector of petroleum refining and ethanol products, which achieved a change of 6.48% – the highest one in the series started in 2009. The cumulative indicator...

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Construction costs grow 1.99% in January, greatest rise since 2013

Construction materials increased 2.96%, especially steel, wood and PVC - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), released today (9) by the IBGE, rose 1.99% in January compared to December and reached the highest rate in the series with exemption in the...

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Inflation accelerates to 0.51% in November, highest rise for this month since 2015

Rise of 8.09% in the price of meat was the major impact on the November´s inflation - Photo: Eduardo Peret/IBGE News Agency As released by the IBGE today (6), the skyrocketing of the prices of meat made the Extended National Consumer Price Index - IPCA accelerate to 0.51% in November, after rising 0.10%...

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Cultural sector has average inflation of 3.5% in seven years, below the IPCA

New indicators monitors the prices of a fixed basket of cultural goods and services - Photo: Simone Mello/IBGE News Agency Culture-related prices recorded an average annual increase of 3.5%, below the official inflation, which was 5.9% between 2012 and 2018, as reported in the System of Cultural Information...

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Biggest high in materials in the year leverages construction cost in November

Driven by the largest increase in materials (0.67%) registered in 2017, the National Index of Coinstruction (Sinapi), released today by the IBGE, had the second highest increase in the year in November (0.48%). Meanwhile, the cumulative index in the year was 3.64% and in the last 12 months, 4.15%. Only...

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Despite emergency benefits, 1 out of every 4 Brazilians were living in poverty in 2020

Children up to 14 years of age have the highest poverty and extreme poverty rates - Photo: Tânia Rego/Brazil Agency. About 12 million persons lived in extreme poverty in Brazil in 2020, that is, on less than R$155 reais a month, and more than 50 million, 1 out of every 4 Brazilians were living in poverty,...

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Trade loses 11% of its companies and 4.4% of the workers in five years

In 2019, retail employed 74.2% of the 10.2 million workers in commercial activities - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Between 2010 and 2019, trade lost 177.3 thousand companies (-11%), 466.1 thousand workers (-4.4%) and 140.6 thousand shops (-8.1%). Retail, responsible for 74.2% of the persons...

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Industrial prices begin 2021 rising 3.36% in January

Mining sector registered the highest rise and influence on the industrial prices in January - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency Industrial prices rose 3.36% in January 2021 over December 2020. The rate is quite higher than that recorded between November and December (0.39%), and it represents...

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North Region has highest rise of construction prices in September

Released today by the IBGE, the National Index of Civil Construction - SINAPI changed 0.45%, standing slightly above the August rate (0.36%). Among the regions, the North registered the highest rise this month: 0.79%. According to Augusto Oliveira, manager of the survey, the regional result was mainly...

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Census National Test reaches Quilombola Community in Paraty (RJ) (3)

The IBGE is carrying out today (24) the 2022 Census National Test in the Quilombo of Campinho da Independência, in Paraty, in the south of the state of Rio de Janeiro. After intensive consultation work with quilombola leaders, the test will evaluate specific sanitary protocols, standards of conduct and...