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Study brings data from sea level monitoring by IBGE stations

The tide gauge stations are strategically positioned along the Brazilian coast - Photo: Salomão Soares/IBGE The IBGE makes available today (16) a publication with the results of the monitoring of the variation of the mean sea level in the stations of the Geodetic Permanent Tide Gauge Network (RMPG),...

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Crops bring unprecedented drop in food industry prices in 2018

Driven by the record crop of Brazilian agriculture, the food industry had the first drop in prices in one year (-7.29%) since 2010, when the time series of the Producer Price Index (IPP), released today by IBGE, began. Good harvests of soybeans, sugarcane and rice were some of the causes of such result,...

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Motor vehicles and basic metals ensure positive IPP (0.12%) in May

Between April and May 2017, the IBGE's Producer Price Index (IPP), which measures the price changes of the general industry (mining and quarrying plus manufacturing) without taxes or freight, changed 0.12%, after shrinking 0.11% in the previous month. In the year, prices recorded a slight drop (-0.07%),...

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Civil construction costs increase 0.42% in January

The value of labor force influenced the 0.42% high in the civil construction prices - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The National Index of Civil Construction (SINAPI), released today by the IBGE, increased 0.42% in January, a result higher than the 0.22% of December 2018. The increase was influenced...

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With 1% increase in April, sector has the first positive rate in the year

After starting the year with two negative rates and stability, services grew 1% in April compared to March. The change was not enough to reverse the cumulatice negative change in the year, which is -0.6%. In relation to April 2017, the volume of services increased 2.2%, the highest since March 2015....

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Pork gains ground in Brazil and abroad

Because of the change in household consumption patterns and the growth in exports, the slaughter of hogs and pigs had its best 2nd quarter since the beginning of the time series. Between April and June 2017, there were 10.62 million head of hogs and pigs, whereas cattle slaughter decreased 3.7% in relation...

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Rise in supermarket sales limits retail losses to 2.5% in March

Hypermarket and supermarket sales skyrocket 14.6% and prevent a larger drop in retail - Photo: Eduardo Peret/IBGE News Agency According to the Monthly Survey of Trade - PMC released today (13) by the IBGE, the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic can be seen in March with the drop of 2.5% in the sales of...

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Inflation preview stays at 0.93%, highest figure in March since 2015

Gasoline price rises for ninth month in a row- Photo: Lícia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency The Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15) reached 0.93% in March and was 0.45 percentage points (p.p.) above the February rate (0.48%). That is the highest result in March since 2015, when the index...

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Estimate indicates decrease, but 2019 is expected to have 3rd biggest harvest in the time series

The first output estimate for next year points to a decrease of 0.2% agains the 2018 figure. Nevertheless, the expected 226.7 million metric tons (t) of cereals, legumes and oilseeds make up the third biggest estimate in the Systematic Survey of Agricultural Production time series, which started in 1975....

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Retail sales increase by 0.6% in November with a reduced impact on Black Friday

Volume of sales of furniture and household appliances fell 2.3% in November - Photo: Rovena Rosa/Brazil Agency. Volume of sales of retail trade in the country increased by 0.6% in November against the previous month (0.2%). Despite this increase, more than half of the activities recorded a negative result...

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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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Industrial production drops 0.4% in June after four months of high

The segment of pharmochemicals and pharmaceuticals retreated 14.1% in June - Photo: Rodrigo Nunes/MS - Agência Senado After four consecutive months of positive results, industrial production dropped 0.4% from May to June. The last fall of the industry had been registered in January of this year (-1.9%)....

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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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Internet was available in 90.0% of Brazilian housing units in 2021

TV surpassed PCs as second most used device for Internet access - Photo: Helena Pontes on mockup Freepik For the first time since 2016, there was signficant change in the ranking of most often used devices to access the Internet in Brazilian housing units. In 2021, the cell phone remained in the leadership,...

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Black and brown persons remain with less access to jobs, education, security and sanitation

In 2021, the informality rate among black (43.4%) and brown (47.0%) employed persons was higher than that of white persons (32.7%) - Picture: Eduardo Peret/IBGE News Agency Social inequalities due to color or race remain evident in the labor market. Unemployment, underutilization and informality continue...

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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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In 2021, cattle herd hits record figure and reaches 224.6 million head

Cattle herd hit a record in 2021, and the municipality of São Félix do Xingu (PA) led the ranking - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency Cattle herd hits a record in 2021 and reaches 224.6 million head Cattle herd increased for the third consecutive year and reached the record figure in the time...

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IBGE holds national mobilization to enumerate Indigenous communities and peoples

IBGE teams carry out the Census interview approach in the Indigenous village of Tekoa Itakupe, in São Paulo (SP) - Photo: IBGE Collection Indigenous peoples have organization, habits and rituals of their own. As their lands have specific conditions of access and circulation, it is fundamental to count...

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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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Volume of services increases by 0.9% in May and records third increase in four months

Information technology services increased by 2.4% in May and hit the highest level sine January 2011 - Photo: Pixabay Volume of services in the country increased 0.9% from April to May. That is the third positive result of the sector in the last four months, a period when there was an increase of 3.3%....