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Services sector grows 3.7% in February and surpasses pre-pandemic figures

Transportation and storage of cargo grew after increase of exports and sales in online trade - Photo: José Fernando Ogura-AEN Services sector grew 37% from January to February and surpassed, for the first time, pre-pandemic levels. In nine consecutive months with positive rates, the sector has recorded...

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Industry prices rise for the third time and stay at 0.64% in October

Fuel prices pushed industry inflation in October - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency The Producer Price Index (IPP), which monitors the prices of mining and quarrying and manufacturing industry, recorded an increase of 0.64% in October, in comparison with September, as released today by the IBGE....

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Unemployment retreats to 14.1% in Q2, still hits 14.4 million persons

Nearly 25 million persons work on their own - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The unemployment rate retreated to 14.1% in the second quarter this year, a reduction of 0.6 percentage points in relation to the first quarter. Despite the decrease in the rate, Brazil still adds up to 14.4 million persons...

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Literacy tranforms youth and adult lives in Brazil

With the objective of promoting literacy all over the world, the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) created, on September 8, the International Literacy Day. Nevertheless, five decades later, estimates point to a worldwide total of 738 million persons who cannot read...

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Output increases by 0.1% in November after four-month decrease

The output of industry increased 0.1% in November, in comparison with October, after four months of negative rates, and had a cumulative increase of 1.5% in 2018. Those data como from the Monthly Survey of Industry, released today by the IBGE, which also presents the revision of the October figure from 0.2%...

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Cattle slaughter increases 4%, surpasses 8 million head in Q3

Amount of cattle slaughtered increased 4% in relation to the second quarter - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency Cattle slaughter hit 8.35 million head in the third quarter this year, an increase of 4% over the previous quarter, when 8.08 million animals were slaughtered for consumption. According...

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Legal and advertisement services grow in May, but services sector remains stable

According to the Monthly Survey of Services - PMS, recently released, legal and advertisement services were the main responsible for the growth of 2.4% in the activity of professional, administrative and complementary services between April and May. Despite the improvement, this activity still drops...

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Number of establishments using pesticides increases by 20.4%

Increase in the use of pesticides can be made worse by misuse and lack of inspection - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency The number of establishments that reported the use of pesticides increased by 20.4% in the last 11 years. The data come from the 2017 Census of Agriculture, released today by...

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Industrial production drops in 10 of the 15 places surveyed in June

Sector of motor vehicles influenced decrease in Paraná and in São Paulo - Photo: State Government of São Paulo Industrial production shrank in ten of the 15 anaysed places by the Monthly Survey of Industry (PIM - Regional), from May to June. The main drops were in Paraná (-5.7%) and in Pará (-5.7%)....

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Services increase by 1.1% in July and hit five-year peak

The hotel segment led the result of services rendered to families, which are still below pre-pandemic levels - Photo: Brisa Gil Volume of services increased by 1.1% from June to July, fourth positive rate in a row, with a cumulative 5.8% in the period. As a result, the sector is 3.9% above the pre-pandemic...

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After a leveled-off result in December, services sector grows 0.6% in January

Road transportation of passengers stood out in January - Photo: Marcelo Camargo/Agência Brasil The sector of services grew 0.6% in January, after a leveled-off result in December. That is the eighth non-negative result in a row, with a cumulative increase of 19.6% in the period. Volume of services is...

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Despite economic losses in 2020 due to Covid-19, crops are to hit record

Soybean crops are to grow 121 million tonnes this year - Photo: Mônica Marli/IBGE News Agency Unlike the other economic indicators that accumulate losses due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the national grain crop should break a new record and reach 247 million tonnes in 2020, according to the April estimate...

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A matter of gender: mental health indicators are worse for girls

In 2019, 29.6% of school girls felt that life was not worth living. Photo: Kat Jayne/Pexels Girls, most of the time, have been feeling sadder than boys. And also more worried or feeling that nobody cares for them, or yet that life is not worth living. It is what the National Survey of School Health (PeNSE)...

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Industry up in 12 locations in August and six surpass pre-pandemic levels

Industry in Pará grows 5.5% influenced by mining and quarrying - Photo: Agência Vale The national industrial sector increased in 12 of the 15 locations analyzed by the Monthly Survey of Industry (PIM-Regional), from July to August. The result, released today (8) by the IBGE, shows that six areas have...

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Supermarkets lead revenue and employment generation ranking in 2018

The sector of hyper and supermarkets accounted for 3.2% of the trade revenue in 2018 - Photo: Eduardo Peret/IBGE News Agency The sector of hyper and supermarkets generated most jobs in 2018 and employed 45.7 thousand persons more against the figure in 2017; it also led in terms of contribution (13.2%)...

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5.9 milion did not follow social distancing measures in the first week of September

More people on the streets with relaxation of social distancing rules - Photo: Mário Oliveira/SEMCOM Manaus The number of people who did not take any restrictive measures to avoid being infected by the novel coronavirus rose to 5.9 million in the first week of September, reaching the highest level since...

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Cars and trucks hold back industry in June, speed up in long term

Despite the stability registered by the national industry in June after two months of positive changes, half the activities surveyed recorded negative figures compared with May. This is shown in the Monthly Survey of Industry, released today by the IBGE. The deceleration between the two months was the...

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Professional and administrative activities contribute to decrease in the sector

The services sector declined 0.2% in March, compared to February, according to the Monthly Survey of Service (PMS), released today by the IBGE. Of the five activities investigated, three had a negative change, especially the segment of professional, administrative and complementary services, which fell...

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Services sector closes 2018 at -0.1% and accumulates four years of negative rates

Professional, administrative and complementary services pulled down the index of the year - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency The volume of services closed 2018 with a drop of 0.1%, the fourth negative result in a row, but less sharp than those of the previous years. The data are from the Monthly...

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Construction cost grows, but stays below January 2017's result

The National Index of Civil Construction (SINAPI), published today by the IBGE, increased by 0.27% in January 2018, a result higher than the 0.18% of December last year. In comparison with January 2017, however, the change was lower, influenced by the increase of 0.04% in the value of labor force, which...