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IPCA stays at -0.29% in September, third consecutive month of deflation

Gasoline remains dropping, exerting the biggest negative individual impact (-0.42 p.p) on the IPCA. Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA) changed -0.29% in September, the third consecutive month of deflation. The drop was less intense than those registered...

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Number of establishments using irrigated agriculture increases more than 50% in 11 years

Irrigation allows cultivation without rain - Photo: Fernando Augusto/Pixabay One of the most relevant processes for the development of agricultural production, irrigation has gained relevance in Brazilian agriculture. According to data from the 2017 Census of Agriculture, the number of establishments...

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North Region leads high in civil construction costs in September

The North Region leads the change of civil construction per square meter registered by the National Index of Civil Construction (SINAPI) in September, released today by the IBGE. The area presented a change of 0.66%, more than twice as much as the national index, of 0.27% in the same period. In the year, the...

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Services sector figures still negative in September

The change recorded by the services sector (-0.3%) in September, in the seasonally-adjusted series, was below July (-0.8%) and August (-1.0%) figures, as a sign of stability against the previous month. “The decrease observed in September, 0.3% was mainly a consequence of the 1.8% decrease in Information...

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Construction costs up 0.88% in August, greatest high of the year

Cement drove the high in August - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), released today (9) by the IBGE, grew 0.88% in August, the highest rate registered this year. It is an increase of 0.39 percentage points in relation to July (0.49%). This growth...

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In Bahia, sons of Japanese invest in cocoa

The production of cocoa has great economic importance for the state of Bahia - Photo: South Bahia Cocoa Association - ACSB (dissemination) Last December 18 was the International Migrants Day. In Brazil, the presence of migrants from several countries brought significant contributions to our agricultural...

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In Bahia, descendants of Japanese invest in cocoa

The production of cocoa has great economic importance for the state of Bahia - Photo: South Bahia Cocoa Association (dissemination) Last December 18 was the International Migrants Day. In Brazil, the presence of migrants from several countries brought significant contributions to our agricultural production,...

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Brazilian economy consumed 6.3 liters for each R$1 produced in 2017

Activities related to agriculture produced R$1 per each 1,061 liters of water consumed - Photo: Rita de Cássia/IBGE News Agency For each R$1 of Gross Value Added produced in Brazil in 2017, approximately 6.3 liters of water were consumed. The activity which demanded more water volume was Agriculture,...

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Careiro da Várzea: the Census in riverside communities in Amazonas

In the port of Careiro da Várzea municipality, servants of IBGE/AM wait for a boat to visit the community of São Sebastião do Paraná-Mirim - Photo: Jéssica Santos/IBGE Living in the municipality of Careiro da Várzea, in Amazonas, means facing the river floods and drought every year. Also, almost all...

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Cooperation between IBGE and Federal Revenue details supply and demand in Federation Units

For the first time, the information released is disaggregated into 12 activities and 12 products for 27 Federation Units - Photo: Freepik (art on photo) The IBGE releases today (3), the Tables of Resources and Uses by Federation Units (2018). The tables show the relationships between supply and demand...

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Roraima was the only state to record increase of GDP in 2016

Data from the Regional Accounts, relreased today by the IBGE, sowed that the decrease of GDP in 2016, against the previous year, was observed in 25 states. The only one recording a postive change was Roraima, with 0.2% of increase, whereas the Federal District remained stable, with 0.0%. According to...

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Rise of cement, collective work agreement in SP rise costs of civil construction by 0.49% in July

Generalized rise in material contributed to increase costs Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Released today (7) by the IBGE, the National Index of Civil Construction - Sinapi increased 0.49% in July, the highest rise in the year. The rate is 0.35 percentage points above that registered in June (0.14%)...

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Between 2019 and 2020, services sector loses 1.1% of enterprises and 2.4% of jobs

Sector of Professional, administrative and complementary services led the employment ranking in 2020 - Photo: Claudio Vieira/PMSJC The Annual Survey of Services (PAS) 2020 added up to 1,368,885 enterprises, a drop of 1.1% over 2019, mainly due to the retraction of 14.3% in the segment of services rendered...

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Sector's costs changed 0.24% in November

The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), released today by the IBGE, recorded a change of 0.24% in November, a result below the 0.43% registered in Ocotber. In the cumulative index of the year, o the result was 4.18%. With less than a month to go before the end of the year, construction prices...

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Industry inflation rate decelerates to 1.89% in April

"Other products" accounted for main impact on the index (0.40 p.p.) - Photo: Pixabay Industry prices rose 1.89% in April from the previous month. Despite the increase, there was deceleration against March (4.63%), when there was the second biggest increase throughout the Producer Price Index (IPP) time...

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August inflation preview stands at 0.23 with high in fuel prices

Price rise in gasoline drove August inflation preview up - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency The Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15), released today by the IBGE, stood at 0.23% in August. In the year, the IPCA-15 registered a cumulative rise of 0.90% and in 12 months it reached...

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Costs of civil construction rise 1.44% in September, highest rise since 2013

For the third month, inflation of material contributed to rise construction costs - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Released today (9) by the IBGE, the National Index of Civil Construction - Sinapi rose 1.44% in September, the highest rate since July 2013 and 0.56 percentage points above that registered...

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Miriam Leitão reflects upon the country's future at inaugural class in School of Statistics

The journalist presented the result of nearly three years of interviews, trips and data analyses - Photo: Álvaro Vasconcellos/IBGE Journalist Miriam Leitão gave a lecture, yesterday (11), at the inaugural class of the Doctoral and Master's Program of Population, Territory and Public Statistics, at the National...

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Inflation in industry stays at 4.78% in March, second highest rise since 2014

The biggest load in the March IPP came from oil refining and ethanol products (1.53 p.p.) - Photo: André Motta de Souza/Petrobras Agency The industrial prices increased 4.78% in March over February, the second highest rise in the time series of the Producer Price Index - IPP, started in 2014. In February,...

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Southeast concentrates more than one third of urbanized areas in Brazil

Urban concentration of São Paulo holds the largest urbanized area in Brazil - Picture: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency In 2019, Brazil had 45,945 km2 of urbanized areas, the equivalent to 0.54% of the Brazilian area. More than one third (36.5%) of the Brazilian urbanized areas is concentrated in the...