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Inflation rises 0.73% in December, closes 2021 with rise of 10.06%

Having risen 47.49%, gasoline was one of the major impacts on the 2021 inflation - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Having risen 0.73% in December, inflation closed the year of 2021 with an increase of 10.06%. This is the highest cumulative rate in the year since 2015, when it registered 10.67%,...

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Industrial inflation opens 2022 with rise of 1.18% in January

Mining and quarrying sector was the one that mostly influenced the January´s result - Photo: Petrobras Agency Compared with December 2021, the prices of the industrial sector began 2022 with an increase of 1.18% in January. The change had been -0.08% between November and December. The data are from the...

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Harsh climatic conditions can affect 2018 harvest

Grain harvest in Brazil is expected to amount to 220.2 million metric tons, 8.9% below the 2017 estimate (241.6 million metric tons). All that is presented in the first harvest estimate for 2018, released today by the IBGE. According to the survey, decrease may be observed, mainly, in corn (14.3 million...

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Experimental study evaluates water conditions in Brazilian biomes

The IBGE has released today (15) Ecosystem Accounting: Condition of Water Bodies, experimental statistics that present indicators such as water abstraction, chemical and physical state of water, besides the proportion of endangered aquatic species, with analyses by Brazilian biomes, with a description...

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Construction costs rise 1.82% in November, the highest increase since July 2013

Steel prices increased nationally and influenced the result of Sinapi - Photo: Pixabay The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), released today (8) by the IBGE, rose 1.82% in November, the highest increase of the year and the biggest change since the tax exemption in July 2013. The result is...

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Industrial output retreats in 6 of 15 places surveyed in November

Mining sector was the major responsible for the drop in the industrial output in Pará - Picture: Agência Vale Between October and November, the industrial output retreated in six out of 15 places surveyed by the Monthly Survey of Industry (Regional PIM). In the overall result, the Brazilian industry...

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Food products drive rise of 0.95% in IPCA-15, biggest increase in March since 2015

Rise of carrot and potato prices had an impact on the rise of food products, main item in the IPCA-15 of March - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA), the official inflation preview, increased by 0.95% in March, 0.04 percentage points (p.p.) above...

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Influenced by materials, construction prices rise 1.21% in April

The steel segment stood out in April, after a few months of stability - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Construction prices rose 1.21% in April, up 0.22 percentage points from March (0.99%). It is the highest rate since August last year. Even so, the index accumulated in the last twelve months...

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Industrial output closes 2023 with growth in ten out of 18 places surveyed

The activities of coke, petroleum products and biofuels leveraged the performance of the Espírito Santo industry in 2023 - Picture: Flickr The production of the national industry rose 1.1% between November and December, with an expansion in ten out of 15 places surveyed. With the result of the last month...

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Estimates indicate 2019 will have second biggest grain harvest in current time series

The second estimate for the national harvest of cereals, legumes and oilseeds in 2019 indicates an increase of 1.7% against the 2018 output. As a result, the amount harvested next year is expected to be the second biggest in the time series initiated in 1975. In absolute figures, output is expected to...

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Unemployment drops in eight Federation Units in Q2

The unemployment rate dropped in four of the five Major Regions in the country - Photo: Jessica Candido/Agência IBGE Notícias In the second quarter, the decrease of the unemployment rate in the country took place in only eight Federation Units, whereas the remaining ones were stable. Against the first...

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Inflation preview was 1.20% in October, highest index for the month since 1995

Airfare was one of the greatest contributions to the monthly indicator with a high of 34.35% - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency The Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15), which previews the official inflation, was 1.20% in October, 0.06 percentage points (pp) above the rate of September...

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Retail sales up by 0.6% in September, with rise of the supermarket sector

The sector of hypermarkets and supermarkets grew by 1.6% and had an impact on the result of retail trade in September - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Retail sales decreased by 0.6% from August to September. In the previous month, there was a change of -0.1%. The sector had a cumulative increase...

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Construction costs grow 1.01%in October, third lowest rate of the year

The greatest regional change in October was registered in the North Region, with an increase of 2.57% - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The National Civil Construction Index (Sinapi) released today (November 10) by the IBGE rose 1.01% in October. It is the third lowest rate in 2021, 0.13 percentage...

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February estimate drops 1.3% with drought in Rio Grande do Sul, but 2023 crop will still be a record

Agricultural production in Rio Grande do Sul faces the effects of drought due to the La Niña phenomenon - Photo: Ivo Dahlke/Emater-RS-Ascar The Brazilian crop of cereals, legumes and oilseeds should reach a new record in 2023, totaling 298.0 million metric tons, according to the February estimate of...

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Industrial production drops 0.6% in April

Food products exerted the major negative influence (-3.2%) on the April result - Photo: Jose Fernando Ogura/AEN-PR Brazilian industrial production fell by 0.6% from March to April. The loss of pace comes after the 1.0% advance seen in the previous month, which interrupted two consecutive months of decline....

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Slaughter of hogs and pigs reaches 14 million head in Q2, biggest result since 1997

Slaughter of hogs and pigs was the biggest since the beginning of the Statistics of Livestock Production series in 1997 - Photo: Ari Dias/AEN-PR In the second quarter of 2022, the slaughter of hogs and pigs reached 14.07 million head slaughtered, a record in the time series started in 1997. This figure...

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Construction prices grow 0.99% in March

Share of materials records the lowest change since July 2020. Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency The National Index Civil Construction (Sinapi), released today (April 08) by the IBGE, rose 0.99% in March, an increase of 0.43 percentage points in relation to February. The cumulative index in the...

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GDP grows 1.9% in Q1, leveraged by Agriculture

Agriculture grows 21.6% in the first quarter, the highest rise since 1996, the first year of the time series of the quarterly national accounts - Picture: Jaelson Lucas/AEN-PR The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew 1.9% in the first quarter this year, compared with the last quarter last year. The result...

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In Ceará, IBGE releases Census results concerning color or race with the support of Palmas Bank

Ceará's Color or Race was revealed at a dissemination event in the headquarters of Palmas Bank Last Friday, December 22nd, another important piece of data from the 2022 Population Census was revealed: the color or race of Brazilians. As on previous occasions, the IBGE State Superintendence in Ceará (SES/CE)...