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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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International observers of 2022 Census share experiences on data collection in six cities

Eduardo Rios Neto, president of the IBGE, shows his gratitude for the support of international institutions during the “Observing the Census” project - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/ IBGE News Agency Attended by observers from statistical agencies of 18 countries in North, Central and South America and Africa,...

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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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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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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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Fuels boost inflation in September

With a high of 1.91% in September, against the previous month, fuels were the items that most influenced the 0.16% change of the Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA), released today by the IBGE. The liter of gasoline stood, on average, 2.22% more expensive than in August. The high was influenced...

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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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July estimate points to record crop of 263.4 million metric tons in 2022

July estimate points to a record crop of 263.4 million metric tons in 2022 - Photo: Luiz Henrique Magnante/Embrapa The Brazilian harvest of cereals, legumes and oilseeds should reach a record 263.4 million metric tons, according to the July estimate of the Systematic Survey of Agricultural Production...

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June's inflation stays at 0.01%, the lowest rate of the year

Decrease in fruit prices contributes to deflation of 0.25% in food in June - Photo: Luiz Agner/IBGE The Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA), which measures the official inflation in the country, was 0.01% in June, the lowest rate for 2019. The index accumulated a high of 2.23% in the year and...

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With fourth increase in a row, inflation in industry rises 1.43% in May

Mining and quarrying prices rose 6.50% in May, pushed by the oil sector - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/Agência IBGE Notícias Prices in industry rose 1.43% in May, against April, due to hikes in the sectors of food products, oil products and mining and quarrying. This is the fourth consecutive month of rise...

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Food products keep holding inflation back

Food products, responsible for 25% of household expenditure, recorded the main negative resullt in the Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15) of July, with a decrease of 0.14 percentage points. Most of those products got cheaper from June to July: potato (-19.07%), tomato (-8.48%) and fruits...

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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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Producer Price Index increases under the influence of petroleum and ethanol

After two months of negative results, the Producer Price Index (IPP) records an advance of 0.31% in August – a figure very much influenced by the sector of petroleum refining and ethanol products, which achieved a change of 6.48% – the highest one in the series started in 2009. The cumulative indicator...

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Pharmaceuticals boost industry’s result in October

With a positive change of 0.2% in October compared to September, the industrial sector was influenced mainly by the pharmaceuticals and beverages, which increased production by, respectively, 20.3% and 4.8%. The two activities are in the category of semi-durable and non-durable consumer goods, which...

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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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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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Company's image is the main reason for environmental innovations

Just 17.2% of innovative enterprises replaced fossil fuel energies with renewable sources - Photo - George Campos/USP The implementation of innovations with environmental benefits has been motivated, mainly, by factors related to the image of the enterprises. Among the ones that introduced eco-innovations...

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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...