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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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Cultural sector has average inflation of 3.5% in seven years, below the IPCA

New indicators monitors the prices of a fixed basket of cultural goods and services - Photo: Simone Mello/IBGE News Agency Culture-related prices recorded an average annual increase of 3.5%, below the official inflation, which was 5.9% between 2012 and 2018, as reported in the System of Cultural Information...

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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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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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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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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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Women continue ahead of men in caretaking and household chores

In 2017, women continued to work 20.9 hours per week in household chores and in caretaking, almost twice as the 10.8 hours spent by men. Of the 88.2 million women aged 14 or over, 92.6% did these two activities last year, a slight increase compared to the 90.6% result in 2016. The proportion of men increased...

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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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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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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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Industrial output drops in eight of 15 places surveyed in November

Sector of petroleum products leverages drop in Rio de Janeiro industry - Photo: Cesar Duarte - Petrobras Agency The industrial output dropped in eight out of 15 places surveyed by the Monthly Survey of Industry (Regional PIM) between October and November, when the national index changed -0.2%. The major...

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In the middle of the pandemic, number of divorces drops 13,6% in 2020

With the drop registered in 2020, number of divorces was the lowest one since 2015 - Photo: Freepick Compared with the previous year, the number of divorces granted in Brazil fell 13.6% in 2020. In 2019, the drop had been of 0.5%, interrupting three consecutive years of growth. With the retraction, 331.2...

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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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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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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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Volume of services increases by 0.9% in May and records third increase in four months

Information technology services increased by 2.4% in May and hit the highest level sine January 2011 - Photo: Pixabay Volume of services in the country increased 0.9% from April to May. That is the third positive result of the sector in the last four months, a period when there was an increase of 3.3%....

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Industry prices hits the third biggest drop since 2013

Food industry contributes to the IPP fall in July - Photo: Eduardo Peret/IBGE News Agency The drop in exports and Real appreciation against the Dollar made domestic industrial prices drop again. That is what shows us the Producer Price Index (IPP) of July, which shrank 1.24% over the previous month,...

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IBGE holds national mobilization to enumerate Indigenous communities and peoples

IBGE teams carry out the Census interview approach in the Indigenous village of Tekoa Itakupe, in São Paulo (SP) - Photo: IBGE Collection Indigenous peoples have organization, habits and rituals of their own. As their lands have specific conditions of access and circulation, it is fundamental to count...

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Revision of GDP 2016 points to a decrease of 3.3% against previous year

In its consolidated result, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of 2016 reached R$ 6.267 trillion and its decrease in volume against 2015 was revised from 3.5% to 3.3%, thus confirming downward trend for the second year in a row (in 2015, there was a change of -3.5%). Per capita GDP was R$ 30,548, with...