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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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Illiteracy decreases in 2017, but remains above 2015 target

The illiteracy rate of the population aged 15 and over in Brazil fell from 7.2% in 2016 to 7.0% in 2017, but did not reach the target of 6.5% set in 2015 by the National Education Plan (PNE). These data are part of the Education module of the National Household Sample Survey, released today by the IBGE....

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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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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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São Paulo drives 0.68% increase in civil construction costs in July

The high of 0.68% in the costs of civil construction was the greatest since 2015 - Photo: Simone Mello/IBGE News Agency The National Index of Construction (Sinapi), released today by the IBGE, grew 0.68% in July, an increase of 0.33 percentage points over June (0.35%). This is the highest rate for July...

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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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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...