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Retail sales grow 1.1% in September, first increase in five months

Hypermarkets and supermarkets (1.2%) and Fuels and lubricants (1.3%) influenced growth in retail sales - Photo: Helena Pontes/Agência IBGE Notícias The volume of retail sales in the country grew 1.1% from August to September, the first growth in five months. In comparison with September 2021, there was...

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Inflation preview: fuels push 2018 figure below expected target

The inflation target (IPCA-15), released today by the IBGE, changed by -0.16% in December, versus 0.19% in November. That was the lowest monthly result since July 2017 and the lowest rate for a month of December sincr the start of Plano Real, in. The cumulative rate in the year stayed at 3.86%, below...

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Civil construction costs increase 0.42% in January

The value of labor force influenced the 0.42% high in the civil construction prices - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The National Index of Civil Construction (SINAPI), released today by the IBGE, increased 0.42% in January, a result higher than the 0.22% of December 2018. The increase was influenced...

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Estimate indicates decrease, but 2019 is expected to have 3rd biggest harvest in the time series

The first output estimate for next year points to a decrease of 0.2% agains the 2018 figure. Nevertheless, the expected 226.7 million metric tons (t) of cereals, legumes and oilseeds make up the third biggest estimate in the Systematic Survey of Agricultural Production time series, which started in 1975....

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An icon of Brazilian geography, Pedro Geiger turns 100 and prepares to launch a new book

Pedro Geiger started working for the IBGE in 1942, at the age of 19, six years after the Institute was founded - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/ IBGE News Agency Geography is a science that deals with the study of physical, biological, and human aspects, and of their relations with the planet Earth. There are...

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Household consumption grows again after nine quarters

With an increase of 1.4% in the comparison between the first and the second quarters of 2017, household consumption resumes growth. In the last quarter, the indicator had shown stability (0.0%), and, in this second quarter, recorded the first growth in nine quarters. “Trade, from the perspective of supply,...

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Tomorrow, Producer Price Index will start to provide more detailed information

The IBGE will release tomorrow (05/11) a new edition of the Producer Price Index (IPP), this time relative to September. That will be the first release of the survey with detailed information, in a total 23 new series. With this change, the IPP will have groups data at a three-digit level in the National...

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Fuels contribute to deflation of 0.31% in April, lowest index in 22 years

Gasoline deflation was registered in all the 16 areas surveyed in April - Tony Winston/Brasilia Local Branch With a decrease of 9.59% in fuels prices, deflation in the country was 0.31% in April, after recording 0.07% in March. The result is the lowest monthly change since August 1998, when it reached...

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Industry inflation rate decelerates to 1.89% in April

"Other products" accounted for main impact on the index (0.40 p.p.) - Photo: Pixabay Industry prices rose 1.89% in April from the previous month. Despite the increase, there was deceleration against March (4.63%), when there was the second biggest increase throughout the Producer Price Index (IPP) time...

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Eating out consumes one third of expenditures of households with food

Families began to eat more away from home in rural areas, though habit is bigger in urban sector - Photo: IBGE Archive Eating away from home is becoming an option for more and more persons. Of the total expenditures of the Brazilian households with food, nearly one third (32.8%) is dedicated to meals...

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Industrial output advances in 11 out of 15 places surveyed in May

Sectors of food and machinery of Paraná leverages positive change of industry - Photo: Marcelo Benedicto/IBGE The industrial output grew in 11 out of 15 places investigated by the Monthly Industrial Survey (Regional PIM) in May, when the national index advanced 0.3%. The highest rises occurred in Amazonas...

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Inflation in industry stays at 4.78% in March, second highest rise since 2014

The biggest load in the March IPP came from oil refining and ethanol products (1.53 p.p.) - Photo: André Motta de Souza/Petrobras Agency The industrial prices increased 4.78% in March over February, the second highest rise in the time series of the Producer Price Index - IPP, started in 2014. In February,...

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Specialized services increase participation in construction sector between 2010 and 2019

Population employed in industry records first increase since 2014 - Photo: Gilson Abreu/AEN-PR Construction industry generated R$ 288.0 billion in value of real estate development, works and/or services in 2019, with R$ 273.8 for works and/or services (95.1%) and R$ 14.2 billion for real estate development...

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Number of organizations with at least one employed person grows 3.4% in 2019

Number of salaried personnel grew 1.7%, with a positive balance of 758.6 thousand persons - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/Agência IBGE Notícias After having registered three consecutive years of declines, the number of formal organizations grew again in the country, reaching 5.2 million in 2019 (up 6.1%)....

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Rise in supermarket sales limits retail losses to 2.5% in March

Hypermarket and supermarket sales skyrocket 14.6% and prevent a larger drop in retail - Photo: Eduardo Peret/IBGE News Agency According to the Monthly Survey of Trade - PMC released today (13) by the IBGE, the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic can be seen in March with the drop of 2.5% in the sales of...

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Inflation preview hits 0.54%, highest figure since March 2015

Food products drive inflation preview upwards: pinto beans rose 41.44% - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The inflation preview accelerated to 0.54% in March, driven by the rise of prices of food products and transportation, by 1.28% and 0.59%, respectively. That is the biggest change for a month...

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Retail sales level off in November after series of increases

Hipermarkets and supermarkets record decrease in volume of sales in November - Photo: Helena Pontes/Agência IBGE Notícias After six consecutive months of increase with cumulative gains of 32.2%,volume of sales remained stable from October and November 202, with a change of -0.1%. Against the same period...

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Unemployment hits 14 million people in fourth week of September

With the relaxation of the isolation, more people press the labor market looking for jobs - Photo: Bruno Cecim/ Agência Pará According to PNAD COVID19, released today (16) by the IBGE, the number of unemployed persons hit 14 million in the fourth week of September, remaining statistically stable against...

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Inflation reaches 0.4% under pressure from electricity and fuels

Influenced by the increases in electricity, gasoline and diesel, inflation rose from 0.22% to 0.40% in May. In the case of electricity, the rise was 3.53%, after the yellow flag was in force and also after the increases in seven capitals, reaching 18.53% in Belo Horizonte and 16.95% in Salvador. The...

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Business tourism takes off in June, rises up services sector

Tourism activities stood out in the services sector in June, influencing the 1.3% increase over May. "Due to business tourism, the activities of housing and air transportation increased this month, which usually benefit São Paulo and the Federal District", explains Roberto Saldanha, manager of the Monthly...