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Costs of civil construction rise 0.11% in May, lowest rate since November 2016

Despite the deceleration, costs of civil construction rose 0.11% in May - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency Released today by the IBGE, the National Index of Civil Construction - Sinapi rose 0.11% in May, a result below the rate of 0.34% in April. This was the lowest rate since November 2016,...

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Electricity ignites inflation forecast of November

The increase in residential electricity bills was one of the factors that contributed the most to the 0.32% increase in the inflation forecast, the National Extended Consumer Price Index (IPCA-15), published in November by IBGE . The cumulative index in 2017 is 2.58%, while the index of the last 12 months...

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With lowest result in December within the Real Plan, inflation meets target and closes 2018 at 3.75%

Having recorded its lowest result in a month of December since 1994 (0.15%), inflation in 2018 stayed at 3.75%, within the target set by the federal government, 4.5% with a margin of 1.5 percentage points above or below. In spite fo that, the Extended Consumer Price Index (IPCA), released today by the...

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In 2021, cattle herd hits record figure and reaches 224.6 million head

Cattle herd hit a record in 2021, and the municipality of São Félix do Xingu (PA) led the ranking - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency Cattle herd hits a record in 2021 and reaches 224.6 million head Cattle herd increased for the third consecutive year and reached the record figure in the time...

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Better income and low inflation foster increase in trade sales

The volume of retail trade increased 3.2% in January in the same month, the tenth positive result in this type of comparison. Against December 2017, there was smaller increase, of 0.9%, after the decrease recorded in the previous month. That is what shows the Monthly Survey of Trade, released today by...

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Prices of civil construction rise 0.30% in May

Computed by the IBGE, the National Index of Civil Construction - Sinapi increased 0.30% in May, a rise of 0.15 percentage points in relation to April (0.15%). As a result, the cost of construction per square meter in Brazil stayed at R$1,042.69, being R$536.24 relative to materials and R$506.45, to labor...

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Due to reduced airfare prices, inflation preview hits lowest result in June since 2006

Airfare prices fell by 26.08% in June - Photo: Marcello Casal Jr/Agência Brasil Affected by the result of airfare prices (-26,08%), June's inflation preview was of 0.02%, the lowest for a month of June since 2006, when the rate was -0.15%. Transportation (-0.71%) accounted for the main negative figure,...

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Civil construction prices hit the top in the year

After registering the second consecutive high, construction prices in June reached the highest level of the year, 0.58%, standing 0.03 percentage points above the 0.55% recorded in May. The information is from the National Index of Construction (Sinapi), released today by the IBGE. The prices of construction...

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Black and brown persons remain with less access to jobs, education, security and sanitation

In 2021, the informality rate among black (43.4%) and brown (47.0%) employed persons was higher than that of white persons (32.7%) - Picture: Eduardo Peret/IBGE News Agency Social inequalities due to color or race remain evident in the labor market. Unemployment, underutilization and informality continue...

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Population increases, but number of persons under 30 falls by 5.4% from 2012 to 2021

Brazilian population increases by 7.6% in 10 years - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Brazil’s population is older. Between 2012 and 2021, the number of persons under 30 years of age fell 5.4%, whereas all the groups above that age bracket recorded increase in the period. As a consequence, persons...

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Construction costs grow 1.99% in January, greatest rise since 2013

Construction materials increased 2.96%, especially steel, wood and PVC - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), released today (9) by the IBGE, rose 1.99% in January compared to December and reached the highest rate in the series with exemption in the...

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Industrial output drops in 7 out of the 15 areas surveyed in August

Industry shrank in seven areas - Photo: Geraldo Bubniak/AEN-PR Industrial output dropped in seven of the 15 areas surveyed from July to August, according to data from the Monthly Survey of Industry (PIM Regional), released today (08) by the IBGE. Pernambuco (-12%) recorded the biggest decrease and that...

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After three months of increase, trade sales become stable in July

After three months recording positive increases in comparison with the previous month, in July, the volume of sales remained at the same level as in June and recorded a zero change (0.0%). What accounts for this result is the repetition of the same volume of sales as in the previous month, differently...

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Industry advances 2.9% in December over November, closes 2021 with a rise of 3.9%

Car sector rose 12.2% in December - Photo: Fernando Ogura/AEN-PR The industrial output grew 2.9% between November and December. In the previous month, the industry had registered a null change (0.0%), which interrupted five consecutive months of drops. As a result, the sector stands 0.9% below the level...

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Unemployment rises to 12.2% and hits 12.9 million in Q1 2020

More than 1,2 million persons were in search of a job in Brazil in the first quarter of 2020 - Photo: Dênio Simões/Brasília Local Branch The unemployment rate increased to 12.2% in the first quarter this year, an increase of 1.3 percentage points (p.p) in comparison with the last quarter of 2019, according...

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Number of municipalities with fires increases 42.9% in four years

Number of municipalities that reported fires increased more than 40% - Photo: Vinícius Mendonça-Ibama About 66% of the Brazilian municipalities reported the occurrence of at least one environmental impact between the years 2018 and 2020. Of these, half reported cases of fire. This is shown by the result...

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With eight highs in electricity in a row, inflation forecast stands at 0.09 in September

Electricity rises 2.31% in September and accumulates a high of 11.55% in the year - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency Affected by the eighth consecutive increase in electricity, September's Extended Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15) stood at 0.09%, close to August (0.08%). With this result, the...

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Civil construction costs increase 0.21% in February

The value of construction labor force dropped 0.15% compared to January - PHoto: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The National Civil Construction Index (Sinapi), released today by the IBGE, increased 0.21% in February, falling 0.21 percentage points below January rate (0.42%). The result was driven by...

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Industrial prices begin 2021 rising 3.36% in January

Mining sector registered the highest rise and influence on the industrial prices in January - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency Industrial prices rose 3.36% in January 2021 over December 2020. The rate is quite higher than that recorded between November and December (0.39%), and it represents...

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Expenditure on health in 2019 represented 9.6% of the GDP

Final consumption of goods and services in the country reaached R$ 711.4 billion in 2019 - Photo: Jundiaí Municipal Government Health-related expenditure in the country in 2019 amounted to R$711.4 billion, which is equivalent to 9.6% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which is the sum of all goods...