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Rise of 0.55% is highest in year

Released today by the IBGE, the National Index of Civil Construction - Sinapi rose 0.55% in May compared with April, the highest monthly rate in 2018. In the cumulative index in the year, the rise was of 1.53%, whereas the result for the last 12 months stayed at 3.87%. Inflation for this sector was strongly...

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Unemployment decreases in 5 states and increases in Roraima, only; Northeast Region has highest rate

The decrease of the national unemployment rate to 11.9% in the quarter ended September was concentrated in only five Federation Units (Rio de Janeiro, Ceará, Minas Gerais, Tocantins and Mato Grosso), whereas Roraima was rhe only state to record a hike in the period, of 13.5%. Among the Major Regions,...

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In five states: international observers watch data collection and learn about 2022 Census

IBGE brought international observers to watch the 2022 Census data collection - Photo: Jessica Cândido/IBGE News Agency As the 2022 Census collection went on, in the afternoon of September 19, in the Peró neighborhood (Cabo Frio - RJ - one of the main tourist destinations in the state) with enumerators...

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IBGE updates municipal borders in Legal Amazon Map

The IBGE releases today (June 16) the 2020 Legal Amazon Map, based on the update of the Municipal Mesh. The map brings the state and municipal borders, as well as the positioning of the cities' headquarters in order to broaden the understanding of the urban dynamics and the logistic infrastructure of...

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Biggest high in materials in the year leverages construction cost in November

Driven by the largest increase in materials (0.67%) registered in 2017, the National Index of Coinstruction (Sinapi), released today by the IBGE, had the second highest increase in the year in November (0.48%). Meanwhile, the cumulative index in the year was 3.64% and in the last 12 months, 4.15%. Only...

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Household surveys help to tell stories of Brazilian families

Each element of Daniele Miranda´s house is part of the history of the family - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency Daniele Miranda, her husband Paulo José da Silva and four children live for nine years in a house in the district of Realengo, west of Rio de Janeiro. Each element of the house is part...

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New PNAD TIC will investigate streaming, 5G, the Internet of things, applications and work from home

Survey innovations were presented by Cimar Azeredo Pereira, IBGE's Director of Surveys, after the release of PNAD TIC 2021, on September 16, in Brasília - Photo: SDI-DF/IBGE News Agency Last Friday (16), the IBGE announced, im Brasília, changes in the thematic module on Information and Communication...

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Inflation exceeds middle of the target and hits 4.31% in 2019

Food and beverages were heavy on the population's budget last year - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency According to the Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA), released today (10) by the IBGE, the official inflation closed the year of 2019 at 4.31%. The rate surpassed the target core of 4.25%,...

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Inflation decelerates to 0.07%, the lowest for March since economic measures of Plano Real

Prices of food at home increased 1.40% in March - Photo: Eduardo Peret/IBGE News Agency After registering a rise of 0.25% in February, the official inflation in Brazil decelerated to 0.07% in March, according to the Extended National Consumer Price Index - IPCA released today (9) by the IBGE. This was...

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Services sector remains stable in December, closes year with drop of 7.8%

The drop in the revenue of restaurants, hotels and catering pressed the sector of services rendered to families - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The services sector remained stable (-0.2%) in December against November, interrupting six consecutive months of rises. Despite the cumulative gain of...

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Transportation increases in October and reduces pace of fall of services sector

According to the Monthly Survey of Services, released today by the IBGE, the segment of Transportation and mailing increased 8.4% in October compared with the same month in 2016 and reduced the pace of fall of the services sector, which stayed at 0.3%. The change was -0.8% in relation to September, whereas...

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After four years of decrease, employment in industry increased by 0.7% in 2018

Industry employed 7.7 million persons in 2018, a slight increase against the previous year Photo: São Paulo State Government The number of persons employed in Brazilian industry increased by about 0.7% from 2017 to 2018, the biggest increase since 2013. Mining and quarrying industries increased in relevance...

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After four years of decrease, employment in industry increased 0.7% in 2018

Industry employed 7.7 million persons in 2018, a slight increase against the previous year Photo: São Paulo State Government The number of persons employed in Brazilian industry increased by about 0.7% from 2017 to 2018, the biggest increase since 2013. Mining and quarrying industries increased in relevance...

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North Region has highest rise of construction prices in September

Released today by the IBGE, the National Index of Civil Construction - SINAPI changed 0.45%, standing slightly above the August rate (0.36%). Among the regions, the North registered the highest rise this month: 0.79%. According to Augusto Oliveira, manager of the survey, the regional result was mainly...

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Unemployment stands steady at 14.4% in quarter ended in February

Unemployed population adds up to 14.4 million in the quarter ended in February - Photo: Marinho Ramos/Semcom - Manaus The unemployed population in Brazil was estimated at 14.4 million in the quarter ended in February, the largest amount since 2012 - starting point of the time series of the Continuous...

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Industry advances 2.9% in December over November, closes 2021 with a rise of 3.9%

Car sector rose 12.2% in December - Photo: Fernando Ogura/AEN-PR The industrial output grew 2.9% between November and December. In the previous month, the industry had registered a null change (0.0%), which interrupted five consecutive months of drops. As a result, the sector stands 0.9% below the level...

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Expenditure on health in 2019 represented 9.6% of the GDP

Final consumption of goods and services in the country reaached R$ 711.4 billion in 2019 - Photo: Jundiaí Municipal Government Health-related expenditure in the country in 2019 amounted to R$711.4 billion, which is equivalent to 9.6% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which is the sum of all goods...

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With a deflation of 0.38% in May, IPCA registered the lowest rate in 22 years

Drop in the gasoline price pressed deflation of 0.38% in May - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency Pressed by the drop of 4.56% in fuel prices, the country registered a deflation of 0.38% in May, after the decrease of 0.31% in April. It is the second consecutive month of price drop and the lowest...

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Inflation accelerates to 0.51% in November, highest rise for this month since 2015

Rise of 8.09% in the price of meat was the major impact on the November´s inflation - Photo: Eduardo Peret/IBGE News Agency As released by the IBGE today (6), the skyrocketing of the prices of meat made the Extended National Consumer Price Index - IPCA accelerate to 0.51% in November, after rising 0.10%...

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Red tariff flag in electricity accelerates inflation in October

Influenced by the average increase of 3.28% in electricity, inflation rose from 0.16% in September to 0.42% in October. The introduction of the red tariff flag this month contributed to accelerate the Extended National Consumer Price Index - IPCA, released this morning by the IBGE. On the other hand,...