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Industrial output falls 1.2% in November after three increases in a row

With a decrease of 4.4%, vehicles pushed industry figures downwards - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency The industrial output of Brazil declined 1.2% in November in comparison with October, interrupting three positive months in a row. It is the worst November since 2015, when the industry edged...

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Inflation preview in May stays at 0.44%, the higher for this month since 2016

Electricity exerted the biggest individual impact on the May´s IPCA-15 - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency As released today (25) by the IBGE, the Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 - IPCA-15, the inflation preview, rose 0.44% in May, below the April´s rate (0.60%). This is the highest...

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Custos da construção civil desaceleram para 0,38% em outubro (2)

Sinapi confirms the pace of decline in relation to the period of the pandemic - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The National Civil Construction Index (Sinapi), released today (Nov. 10) by the IBGE, rose 0.38% in October, but decelerated 0.06 percentage points (pp) compared to the September rate...

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GDP grows above national average in 13 Federation Units in 2019

Biggest economy in the country, São Paulo once more increases its share in national GDP - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency Twelve states and the Federal Districy rcorded an increase in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2019, above the national average of 1.2%. Tocantins recorded the biggest increase...

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With services affected by pandemic, GDP of 2020 falls 3.3%

Food services fall 27% and influence GDP retraction in 2020 - Picture: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency In 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the world economy, the Brazilian Gross Domestic Product (GDP) dropped 3.3% after rising 1.2% in 2019. The gross value added of services fell 3.7%, leveraged...

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Retail sales drop 1.3% in September, second consecutive month of drop

Sales in hypermarkets and supermarkets dropped 1.5% in September - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Volume of sales of the retail trade in Brazil retreated 1.3% in September compared with the previous month, representing the second consecutive drop after the highest rise in the year in July, when...

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Inflation accelerates in December and hits 4.52% in 2020, biggest increase since 2016

Food prices had an impact on inflation in 2020 - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Inflation closed 2020 at 4.52%, biggest increase since 2016 (6.29%), according to the Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA), released today (12) by the IBGE. The December indicator, which was released together...

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2022 Census: self-reported brown population is the majority in Brazil for the first time

2022 Census shows that, in Brazil, 45.3% of the persosn were brown; 43.5%, white; 10.2%, black, 0.8% reported being indigenous and 0.4$, Asian. - Photo: IBGE Archive In 2022, about 92.1 million persons reported being brown, which corresponds to 45.3% of the country’s population. Since 1991, this total...

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IPCA-15 hits 0.45% in September, highest rise for the month since 2012

Rice prices rise 9.96% according to September's inflation preview - Photo: Helena Pontes/Agência IBGE Notícias The Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15), released today by the IBGE, was 0.45% in September, the highest result for the month since 2012. In the year, the inflation preview accumulated...

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Iron ore influences producer price index

The mining and quarrying industries had the highest price change between September and October, 9.41%. That's what the Producer Price Index (IPP), released today, reveals. The sector accumulates 10.17% in the year and has the greatest cumulative change in 12 months of industry's prices, 34.66%. The positive...

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Inflation stays at 0.93%, highest increase in March since 2015

Prices were higher at pumps after rise of gasoline in refineries in February and March - Photo: Roque de Sá/Agência Senado In March, inflation reached 0.93%, highest rate in March since 2015, when it was 1.32%. The index had a cumulative change of 2.05% in the year and of 6.10% in the last twelve months....

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Retail sales drop 3.1% in August, with more than half of the activities going down

Errata: The news reported that the drop in retail sales in August interrupted four months of highs. The information is incorrect, as the sector shrank 1.1% in June. Sector of other personal and household articles, which includes department stores, dropped 16.0% after July's high - Photo: Alerrandre Barros/IBGE...

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Industry inflation reaches 3.22% in July, biggest rise since 2014

Industry inflation accumulates high of 7.28% in the year and of 11.13% in 12 months - Photo: Marcelo Benedicto /Agência IBGE Notícias Industry prices rose 3.22% in July compared to the previous month, registering the highest increase since the beginning of the time series (January 2014) of the Producer...

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Inflation forecast in Ocotber stays at 0.09%, the lowest index for the month since 1998

Expenses on health and personal care were the biggest high in Ocotber - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Holding steady over September (0.09%) and August (0.08%), the Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15) stood at 0.09% in October. It is the lowest result for an October since 1998, when...

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IPCA-15 records deflation of 0.01%, the lowest rate in April since the start of Plano Real

Fall of gasoline prices accounted for the main individual impact on the inflation preview for April - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The fall of fuel prices marked the inflation preview for April, which recorded -0.01%, the lowest result for the month since the start of Plano Real, in July 1994....

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Employment in services sector grows 7.8%, hits record of 13.4 million

Employment in Services rendered mainly to families fell 8.5% against 2019, influenced by Food services, which lost 223.7 thousand jobs - Picture: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The Annual Survey of Services (PAS) 2021 showed a total of 1.5 million active companies, a growth of 7.9% over 2019 and of 9.2%...

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Petroleum influences rise in producer prices

Released today by the IBGE, the Producer Price Index - IPP increased 1.43% between October and November 2017. Despite the positive change in 20 out of 24 activities surveyed, only seven of them rose above the national average: oil refining and ethanol products (5.91%), basic metals (3.08%), other chemicals...

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GDP grows by 4.6% in 2021 and makes up for pandemic losses

Information and communication grew by 12.3% in 2021, driven by Internet and system development. Photo: Gabriela Garcia Cera/Fapesc The Brazilian Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 0.5% in Q4 2021 and closed the year at 4.6% of increase, amounting to R$ 8.7 trillion. This advance made up for all losses...

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Inflation advances 0.86% in February, greatest high for the month since 2016

The 7.11% price rise in gasoline was the greatest impact on February's IPCA - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency Driven by fuel rise, February’s inflation was 0.86%, above that of January (0.25%). It is the highest result for February since 2016, when the index hit 0.90%. The data are from the...

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Value of forestry production increases by 11.9% and hits record figure of R$33.7 billion

Planted area of silviculture amounted to 9.5 million hectares, of which 77.3% are of eucalyptus, and value of production reached R$27.4 billion - Photo: Fernando Dias/Ascom-Sepadr Value of production of forestry activities reached a record of R$33.7 billion, with an increase of 11.9% and output from...