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Construction costs slow down in May under lower pressure from workforce

Under lower pressure from workforce, construction costs decelerate - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), released today (10) by the IBGE, rose 0.17% in May, but was 0.08 percentage points below the rate of April, which was 0.25%. This is the second...

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Consumption of saturated fat drops in 10 years, intake of sugar and salt still high

High consumption of sugar and salt is still a concern for experts Photo: Marcos Santos/USP Imagens The diet of Brazilians has changed in ten years, which managed to change the consumption profile of some nutrients. In this period, the intake of saturated fat and the consumption of fibers decreased. Other...

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Fuels boost forecast of August's inflation

The Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15) had a change of 0.35% in August, the second biggest result of the year, just behind February (0.54%), and well above July (-0.18%). The sector of Transportation recorded the highest increase, advancing 1.35% and 0.24 percentage points of influence...

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Mining and quarrying industries and petroleum refining drive high of 0.43% in producer prices

Pretoleum refining products had biggest high since September - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News agency Industry prices increases 0.43% in February, driven by mining and quarrying and petroleum refining. The high of 7.97% in the mining and quarrying industries offset last month's decrease of -7.59% and...

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IBGE encourages population to answer through telephone survey that portrays Brazil

When Miguel Ferreira Neto, a survey and mapping agent, began to work at the IBGE one year and eight months ago, the scenario of his work was completely different. He used to go to previously selected households to carry out interviews about the labor market. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the information...

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Unemployment levels off at 14.2% in quarter ended January

Informal work pushes employment increase - Photo: Rovena Rosa/Agência Brasil The number of unemployed persons in Brazil was estimated at 14.3 million in the quarter ended January, biggest number since 2012, start of the time series for the Continuous National Household Sample Survey (Continuous PNAD),...

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Unemployment remains stable, but informality increases in May

The number of employees in the private sector without a formal contract increased by 2.9% in the quarter from March to May 2018 compared to the previous quarter. In absolute numbers, the result represents more than 307 thousand people in jobs without several labor rights guarantees. Compared to the same...

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Water sets the pace of agriculture in Amazonas

In Careiro da Várzea (AM), gardens like this stay submerged due to floods - Photo: Adjalma Jaques In a village full of farmers located in the Terra Nova district, municipality of Careiro da Várzea (AM), people live willing to face difficulties to crop and harvest. They live in a very fertile region,...

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Services fall 6.9% in March, worst result of the sector since 2011

Hotels and restaurants were the main services affected by the social isolation measures - Tomaz Silva/Agência Brasil The volume of services fell by 6.9% in March, in comparison with February, and reached the worst result of the sector in March, in comparison with February, having reached the worst result...

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Retail sales up 1.8% in April - highest increase for the month since 2000

The sector of Supermarkets was the only to fall in April - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Sales in retail trade rose 1.8% from March to April, the biggest increase for the month since 2000, after falling by 1.1% in March. As a result, retail was 0.9% above the pre-pandemic level. The sector has...

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One out of every three housing units had no access to sewage treatment in 2019

A total 9 million housing units in Brazil were responsible for improper dumping in 2019 - Photo: Tania Rêgo/ABR The number of housing units linked to the general sewage system or with a septic tank linked to the system increased in 2019 against the previous year, and reached 49.1 million housing units...

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Drop in Food and Lodging contributes to low August in services

The only activity down in August in the comparison with July, the sector of services rendered to families (-4.8%) was mainly to blame for the 1% drop registered in the Monthly Survey of Services (PMS), released today by the IBGE. The segment had been having a three-consecutive-month period of highs,...

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Inflation advances 0.89% in November, highest rise for November since 2015

With a rise of 2.54%, the group of food and beverages was the one that mostly impacted the November´s index - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Pressed by the rise in the prices of food and fuels, the inflation in November stayed at 0.89%, above that registered in October (0.86%). It was the highest...

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Electricity bill doubles inflation in May

Influenced by the increase in the electricity bills, the May inflation reached 0.31%, more than doubling the rate of April (0.14%). Bereft of the discount applied in April, which offset the improper charge of the Charge of Reserve Power - EER, the electricity bills rose 8.98% in May, accounting for 0.29...

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Trade is back to growth in May, recording the biggest high in sales in the last 20 years

Adapatation to new strategies was a contributing factor to the retail growth - Photo: Tânia Rego/Agência Brasilia The volume of retail sales grew 13.9% in May, the highest growth since the beginning of the time series, in January 2000. The increase was not enough for a recovery from the March-April loss,...

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Birth reports fall for the first time since 2010

Birth reports in Brazil amounted to 2.79 million in 2016, with a decrease of 5.1% in relation to 2015 figure, 2.95 million. That is the first reduction observed since 2010, even below the 2011 result, 2.80 million. Among the states, Roraima recorded a slight increase of 3.9%, as reported today by the...

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Industry prices fall 1.46% in December, but 2018 boosts the series

The decline of 1.46% in industry prices in December was not enough to avoid the 9.76% increase in the cumulative index in 2018, which was the highest in the time series started in 2014. The data are from the Producer Price Index (IPP), published today by the IBGE, which measures the price changes of...

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Automotive sector contributes to production growth in São Paulo

Driven by the automotive sector, the industrial production in São Paulo grew 14.8% in the comparison between April this year and the same month of 2017, according to the data of the Monthly Survey of Industry (PIM) - Regional Production, released today by the IBGE. The state was one of the 13 places...

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Infrastructure works lose share in sector in 10 years

The share of infrastructure works in civil construction strongly dropped between 2007 and 2016, changing from 41.3% to 29.5% of the value added. As the investments in public works decelerated, building construction and specialized services increased. These data are in the Annual Survey of Construction...

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Previous inflation stays at 0.30%, lowest rate for January since 1995

The previous inflation stayed at 0.30% in January, the lowest rate for January since the implementation of the Real Plan in July 1994, whereas the cumulative index over the last 12 months stood at 3.77%. The rate was 0.39% compared with January 2018. The information is from the Extended National Consumer...