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With lowest result in December within the Real Plan, inflation meets target and closes 2018 at 3.75%

Having recorded its lowest result in a month of December since 1994 (0.15%), inflation in 2018 stayed at 3.75%, within the target set by the federal government, 4.5% with a margin of 1.5 percentage points above or below. In spite fo that, the Extended Consumer Price Index (IPCA), released today by the...

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With eight highs in electricity in a row, inflation forecast stands at 0.09 in September

Electricity rises 2.31% in September and accumulates a high of 11.55% in the year - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency Affected by the eighth consecutive increase in electricity, September's Extended Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15) stood at 0.09%, close to August (0.08%). With this result, the...

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Publication updates the subclasses of the National Classification of Economic Activities

Last Friday (5), the IBGE published the National Classification of Economic Activities (CNAE) Subclasses version 2.3 for use in Public Administration records and registers. The update brings nine new subclasses, eliminates six others and changes the name of one, now comprising a total of 1,332 categories...

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Civil construction prices hit the top in the year

After registering the second consecutive high, construction prices in June reached the highest level of the year, 0.58%, standing 0.03 percentage points above the 0.55% recorded in May. The information is from the National Index of Construction (Sinapi), released today by the IBGE. The prices of construction...

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Retail sales drop 1.7% in June after rising for two months

The biggest drop among the activities was registered by Fabric, apparel and footwear (-3.6) - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency After two consecutive months of growth, sales of the retail trade dropped 1.7% between May and June. It was the biggest retraction in the sector this year and the second...

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Better income and low inflation foster increase in trade sales

The volume of retail trade increased 3.2% in January in the same month, the tenth positive result in this type of comparison. Against December 2017, there was smaller increase, of 0.9%, after the decrease recorded in the previous month. That is what shows the Monthly Survey of Trade, released today by...

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Electricity ignites inflation forecast of November

The increase in residential electricity bills was one of the factors that contributed the most to the 0.32% increase in the inflation forecast, the National Extended Consumer Price Index (IPCA-15), published in November by IBGE . The cumulative index in 2017 is 2.58%, while the index of the last 12 months...

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Civil construction costs increase 0.21% in February

The value of construction labor force dropped 0.15% compared to January - PHoto: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The National Civil Construction Index (Sinapi), released today by the IBGE, increased 0.21% in February, falling 0.21 percentage points below January rate (0.42%). The result was driven by...

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Prices of civil construction rise 0.30% in May

Computed by the IBGE, the National Index of Civil Construction - Sinapi increased 0.30% in May, a rise of 0.15 percentage points in relation to April (0.15%). As a result, the cost of construction per square meter in Brazil stayed at R$1,042.69, being R$536.24 relative to materials and R$506.45, to labor...

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Unemployment retreats to 14.1% in Q2, still hits 14.4 million persons

Nearly 25 million persons work on their own - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The unemployment rate retreated to 14.1% in the second quarter this year, a reduction of 0.6 percentage points in relation to the first quarter. Despite the decrease in the rate, Brazil still adds up to 14.4 million persons...

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São Paulo drives 0.68% increase in civil construction costs in July

The high of 0.68% in the costs of civil construction was the greatest since 2015 - Photo: Simone Mello/IBGE News Agency The National Index of Construction (Sinapi), released today by the IBGE, grew 0.68% in July, an increase of 0.33 percentage points over June (0.35%). This is the highest rate for July...

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IBGE: In July, estimated harvest increase for 2020 is 3.8%

Soybean harvest is expected to surpass 120 million metric tons - Photo: Abiove The national harvest of grain is expected to reach 250.5 million metric tons and hit a new record in 2020, according to the July estimates of the Systematic Survey of Agricultural Production (LSPA), released today (11) by...

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After three months of increase, trade sales become stable in July

After three months recording positive increases in comparison with the previous month, in July, the volume of sales remained at the same level as in June and recorded a zero change (0.0%). What accounts for this result is the repetition of the same volume of sales as in the previous month, differently...

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Services increase by 1.1% in July and hit five-year peak

The hotel segment led the result of services rendered to families, which are still below pre-pandemic levels - Photo: Brisa Gil Volume of services increased by 1.1% from June to July, fourth positive rate in a row, with a cumulative 5.8% in the period. As a result, the sector is 3.9% above the pre-pandemic...

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Civil construction cost increased by 0.30% in January

With a hike in January, construction costs hit R$ 1,162.24 by square meter Photo: Pixabay The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), released today (07) by the IBGE, changed by 0.30% in January, being above the December 2019 rate (0.22%). The indicator measures the national cost of the construction...

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Leveraged by supermarket sales, trade stays at 0.1%, records third positive month

Supermarket sales rose 0.6% in August, the fourth rise in a row - Photo: Eduardo Peret/IBGE News Agency Supermarkets and hypermarkets prevented negative retail sales in August. Volume of trade was 0.1% in August in relation to July, which indicated stability, though it was the third consecutive month...

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A matter of gender: mental health indicators are worse for girls

In 2019, 29.6% of school girls felt that life was not worth living. Photo: Kat Jayne/Pexels Girls, most of the time, have been feeling sadder than boys. And also more worried or feeling that nobody cares for them, or yet that life is not worth living. It is what the National Survey of School Health (PeNSE)...

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Industrial production drops in 10 of the 15 places surveyed in June

Sector of motor vehicles influenced decrease in Paraná and in São Paulo - Photo: State Government of São Paulo Industrial production shrank in ten of the 15 anaysed places by the Monthly Survey of Industry (PIM - Regional), from May to June. The main drops were in Paraná (-5.7%) and in Pará (-5.7%)....

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Services sector grows 3.7% in February and surpasses pre-pandemic figures

Transportation and storage of cargo grew after increase of exports and sales in online trade - Photo: José Fernando Ogura-AEN Services sector grew 37% from January to February and surpassed, for the first time, pre-pandemic levels. In nine consecutive months with positive rates, the sector has recorded...

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1995-1996 - Characterization of the Productive Sector of Flowers and Ornamental Plants in Brazil

The beauty of the Brazilian flora, the relative low cost of its production, the climate diversity and the strategic position of the country in relation to the international market constitute success factors in the business of the productive sector of flowers and ornamental plants, whose potentialities,...