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Pandemic was responsible for closure of 4 out of every 10 enterprises

Pandemic has a negative effect on business according to 70% of the active enterprises - Photo: Tânia Rêgo/Agência Brasil Among the 1.3 million enterprises that had stopped their activities temporarily or permanently in the first half of June, 39.4% reported as a main reason the restrictions imposed by...

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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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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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Civil construction costs increases 0.19% in October

Workforce costs had the third lowest rate of the year, 0.11% - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The National Index of Construction (Sinapi), released today by the IBGE, grew 0.19% in October, after standing at 0.37% in September. The share of the labor force presented the third lowest rate of the...

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Inflation stands at 0.25% in February, the lowest for the month since 2000

Prices of the group education rose 3.70% and had the highest impact on February's inflation - Photo: Agência Brasília The country's inflation was 0.25% in February, the lowest result for the month since 2000, when the index was 0.13%. The increase was driven by price rise at the beginning of the school...

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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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Inflation preview stays at 0.72% in July, the highest rate for July since 2004

Electricity was the major individual impact on the July´s IPCA-15 - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency Pressed by the rise of 4.79% in electricity, the Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15) stayed at 0.72% in July. With this result, inflation preview registered the highest rise for...

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Inflation preview stands at 1.14% in September, the highest figure for the month since 1994

Gasoline increases 2.85% and, together with electricity, exerts the greatest individual impact on the high of IPCA-15 - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Driven by the increase in the transportation group, the Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15) was 1.14% in September, the highest...

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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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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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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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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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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...

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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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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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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,...

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Unemployment drops to 11.2% in quarter ended February

Other services was the only segment to record increase in employment - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The unemployment rate fell to 11.2% in the quarter ended February, with a change of 0.4 percentage points in comparison with the previous quarter (11.6%). That is the lowest rate for a quarter...

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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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Car production contributes to recovery of industry in 2017

Industry closed Q3 2017 with an increase of 1.6% in its national output, mainly due to the increased production of motor vehicles. The cumulative increase in 2017 now amounts to 14.8%; against the result of September 2016, industrial output records an increase of 20.9%. There was increase of 0.1% in...

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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...