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IBGE works to reduce refusal rate and complete 2022 Census

Enumerators have been facing difficulties to access condominiums - Picture: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency After six months in the field, one of the major challenges to complete the 2022 Census is the high number of refusals to answer the questionnaire. In Brazil, the average rate hits 2.43%, considering...

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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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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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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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Civil construction prices record drop in seven states

In October, the National Index of Civil Construction (SINAPI) recorded one of the lowest rates of the year (-0.16%), registering decrease in seven states, with a highlight to Rio de Janeiro and Espírito Santo. Still in October, the share of materials presented a lower change (0.20%) than the one seen...

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Business tourism takes off in June, rises up services sector

Tourism activities stood out in the services sector in June, influencing the 1.3% increase over May. "Due to business tourism, the activities of housing and air transportation increased this month, which usually benefit São Paulo and the Federal District", explains Roberto Saldanha, manager of the Monthly...

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With energy prices dropping, inflation is lowest for October since 1998

The reduction in the price of electricity bills pressed the October´s IPCA downward - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency The inflation in Brazil registered the lowest index for October since 1998. The prices rose 0.10% over September, when they deflated by 0.04%. The rate was 0.45% in October last...

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Industry prices grow 0.45% in September and record the second high in a row

IPP stays positive even with the 10.49% decrease in mining and quarrying prices - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency The increase in diesel, gasoline and fuel oil prices drove the industry inflation to rise 0.45% in September, compared to August. The 1.06% increase in food also contributed to keep...

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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 reaches 0.86% in October, the highest increase for the month since 2002

Tomatoes' prices almost 19% up in Ocotber - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency The price rise in food and airfare put October inflation under pressure, accelerating it to 0.86%, above the rate registered in September (0.64%). This is the highest result for a October since 2002, when the indicator...

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IPCA-15 drops 0.59% in May, highest deflation since the beginning of Real Plan

Drop in fule prices pressed the IPCA-15 downward in May - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Influenced by the drop in fuel prices, the early inflation of May registered -0.59%, the most intense deflation since the beginning of the Real Plan, in July 1994. Having fallen 8.51%, gasoline was the item...

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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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São Francisco River enables strategic connection between Major Regions in Brazil

From its spring, at the highest spot of the National Park of Canastra, in Minas Gerais, up to the Atlantic Ocean, on the border between Alagoas and Sergipe, São Francisco River traverses 2,700 kilometers and brings water and life to the semi-arid region. Along that path it also crosses the states of...

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Unemployment maintains record of 14.7% in quarter ending in April

14.8 million persons are looking for a job in Brazil - Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The unemployment rate was 14.7% in the quarter ended in April, 0.4 percentage points above the quarter ended in January (14.2%). As a result, the number of unemployed persons changed 3.4%, with more 489 thousand persons...

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ENCE offers specialization course on environmental analysis and territory management

Registration open until October 15 for ENCE's Specialization Course on Environmental Analysis and Territory Management. Photo: IBGE collection. The IBGE National School of Statistical Sciences (ENCE), located in Rio de Janeiro (RJ), has registration open until October 15 for the Specialization Course...

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Civil construction closes the year with lowest increase in costs since 2013

The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), released today by the IBGE, recorded, in 2017, ts lowest cumulative annual result (3.82%) since 2013, when it had recorded 0.52% due to the impact of the exemption of payroll taxes initiated that year. The monthly change in December was 0.18%, also below...

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Industrial output remains on slight upward trend in November

From October to November, industry in Brazil recorded a positive change of 0.2%, having kept the same pace of increase as in September and October. That is what shows the Monthly Survey of Industry (PIM/PF-Brasil), released today, by the IBGE. Among the major economic categories, two recorded an increase...

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Enterprises report to be less affected by Covid effects in 2nd half of August

Construction and trade reported the highest incidence of negative effects in the fortnight - Photo: Acácio Pinheiro/Agência Brasília In the second half of August, of the 3.4 million enterprises in operation, 33.5% perceived negative impacts caused by the pandemic on their activities. In the previous...

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Retail sales drop 0.6% in March, third negative result in 4 months

Drop in the sales of furniture and household appliances pressed the retreat of the retail sector - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The sales in the retail trade fell 0.6% in March, after changing 0.5% in the previous month. This is the third negative figure in the last four months. The retail,...

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Retail up again after increase of 0.8% in sales in January

Pharmaceuticals, medical and orthopedic articles and toiletries contributed to the 0.8% increase of retail sales - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Volume of sales of retail trade in the coiuntry increased by 0.8% in January against the previous month. Despite this increase, more than half of the...