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Even with the rise in electricity, inflation is the lowest for July in five years
Changed in the tariff flag contributed to the rise in electricity in July - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency The rise of 4.48% in the electricity fare in July pressed the inflation, which changed from 0.01% in June to 0.19% in July, according to the Extended National Consumer Price Index - IPCA,...
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Inflation advances 0.89% in November, highest rise for November since 2015
With a rise of 2.54%, the group of food and beverages was the one that mostly impacted the November´s index - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Pressed by the rise in the prices of food and fuels, the inflation in November stayed at 0.89%, above that registered in October (0.86%). It was the highest...
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Consumption of saturated fat drops in 10 years, intake of sugar and salt still high
High consumption of sugar and salt is still a concern for experts Photo: Marcos Santos/USP Imagens The diet of Brazilians has changed in ten years, which managed to change the consumption profile of some nutrients. In this period, the intake of saturated fat and the consumption of fibers decreased. Other...
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Volume of services retreats 0.2% in August, fifth drop in year
Services sector is 1.5% below the level of December 2018 - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency Volume of services retreated 0.2% in August compared with July, the fifth negative figure of the sector in 2019. The drop was of 1.4% in relation to August 2018, according to the Monthly Survey of Services,...
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Services sector closes 2018 at -0.1% and accumulates four years of negative rates
Professional, administrative and complementary services pulled down the index of the year - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency The volume of services closed 2018 with a drop of 0.1%, the fourth negative result in a row, but less sharp than those of the previous years. The data are from the Monthly...
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Construction costs slow down in May under lower pressure from workforce
Under lower pressure from workforce, construction costs decelerate - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), released today (10) by the IBGE, rose 0.17% in May, but was 0.08 percentage points below the rate of April, which was 0.25%. This is the second...
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Literacy tranforms youth and adult lives in Brazil
With the objective of promoting literacy all over the world, the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) created, on September 8, the International Literacy Day. Nevertheless, five decades later, estimates point to a worldwide total of 738 million persons who cannot read...
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Legal and advertisement services grow in May, but services sector remains stable
According to the Monthly Survey of Services - PMS, recently released, legal and advertisement services were the main responsible for the growth of 2.4% in the activity of professional, administrative and complementary services between April and May. Despite the improvement, this activity still drops...
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Professional and administrative activities contribute to decrease in the sector
The services sector declined 0.2% in March, compared to February, according to the Monthly Survey of Service (PMS), released today by the IBGE. Of the five activities investigated, three had a negative change, especially the segment of professional, administrative and complementary services, which fell...
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Services fall 6.9% in March, worst result of the sector since 2011
Hotels and restaurants were the main services affected by the social isolation measures - Tomaz Silva/Agência Brasil The volume of services fell by 6.9% in March, in comparison with February, and reached the worst result of the sector in March, in comparison with February, having reached the worst result...
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One out of every three housing units had no access to sewage treatment in 2019
A total 9 million housing units in Brazil were responsible for improper dumping in 2019 - Photo: Tania Rêgo/ABR The number of housing units linked to the general sewage system or with a septic tank linked to the system increased in 2019 against the previous year, and reached 49.1 million housing units...
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Construction cost grows, but stays below January 2017's result
The National Index of Civil Construction (SINAPI), published today by the IBGE, increased by 0.27% in January 2018, a result higher than the 0.18% of December last year. In comparison with January 2017, however, the change was lower, influenced by the increase of 0.04% in the value of labor force, which...
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Trade is back to growth in May, recording the biggest high in sales in the last 20 years
Adapatation to new strategies was a contributing factor to the retail growth - Photo: Tânia Rego/Agência Brasilia The volume of retail sales grew 13.9% in May, the highest growth since the beginning of the time series, in January 2000. The increase was not enough for a recovery from the March-April loss,...
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Cars and trucks hold back industry in June, speed up in long term
Despite the stability registered by the national industry in June after two months of positive changes, half the activities surveyed recorded negative figures compared with May. This is shown in the Monthly Survey of Industry, released today by the IBGE. The deceleration between the two months was the...
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Water sets the pace of agriculture in Amazonas
In Careiro da Várzea (AM), gardens like this stay submerged due to floods - Photo: Adjalma Jaques In a village full of farmers located in the Terra Nova district, municipality of Careiro da Várzea (AM), people live willing to face difficulties to crop and harvest. They live in a very fertile region,...
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61.7% of the Brazilian population were overweight, and 26.8%, obese - Photo: Charles de Moura / PMSJC The percentage of obese adults in Brazil more than doubled in 17 years, with a change from 12.2%, between 2002 and 2003, to 26.8%, in 2019. In the same period, the proportion of overweight adults changed...
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December rainfall helps to improve harvest forecast for 2018
The forecast of the grain harvest for 2018 increased from 219.5 million tonnes to 224.3 million tonnes, a rise of 2.2%, revealed the Systematic Survey of Agricultural Production - LSPA, released today by the IBGE. "In November, extensive droughts caused a delay in the beginning of the crop", explains...
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Having risen 1.1%, GDP grows for second consecutive year and closes 2018 at R$6.8 trillion
Having risen 1.3%, the sector of services was leveraged by real estate activities and trade - Photo: Pixabay Released today by the IBGE, the Gross Domestic Product - GDP closed 2018 at 1.1%, adding up to R$6.8 trillion. After rising 1% in 2017 and interrupting two consecutive years of drop, it registered...
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New IBGE portal compares economic and social statistics of 193 countries
The portal gathers social, economic, environmental, population, health and communication indicators of 193 countries - Photo: Reproduced The IBGE relaunches today (26) the Countries web portal, which gathers information about the 193 UN member countries. Besides basic information such as territory, currency...
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Prices of civil construction have the lowest rate for June since 2009
Computed by the IBGE, the National Index of Civil Construction - Sinapi rose 0.38% in June. Even standing 0.08 percentage points above the 0.30% index in May, this is the lowest rate for June since 2009, when it stayed at 0.35%. As a result, the cost of construction per square meter in Brazil stayed...