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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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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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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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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...

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Transportation recovers in 2017, only segment of services to grow in the year

Even dropping 2.8% in volume of the services sector in 2017, the segment of transportation recovered and grew 2.3% in the year, the first rise since 2014. The data came from the Monthly Survey of Services - PMS, released today by the IBGE, which also pointed out a positive change of 0.5% between November...

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[Retratos] Frontiers of rural Amazon

The reality of the agricultural establishments located in the rural Amazon will be also portrayed in the Census of Agriculture 2017, carried out by the IBGE. Data collection began in October this year and should last up to February 2018. Yet, where does the Amazon begin and end? One way to look at this...

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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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Automotive sector leads to first increase of industrial output in three years

Industrial output closed year 2017 with an increase of 2.5% against the 2016 figure. That is the first annual positive result since 2013, when there was a hike of 2.1%, the biggest increase since 2010, year of the record figure of 10.2% in the time series that started in 2002. There was a change of 2.8%...

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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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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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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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Employment remains stable, but underutilized population is the biggest since 2012

The survey registered records of underutilized, underemployed and discouraged workers - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News agencies Unemployment remained stable and reached 13 million persons in the quarter ended in May, but the underutilized contingent was the largest since 2012, reaching 28.5 million...

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Trade sector increases hiring in 2017, but does not make up for three-year losses

Trade sector recorded a real increase of 7% in net revenue from 2016 to 2017 - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency The trade sector employed 10.2 million persons in 2017, which means 98.2 thousand employed persons more than in 2016. However, that increase was not enough to recover the loss of 411.8...

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Use of geospatial technologies updates Brazilian borderland strip (2)

A bridge connects the municipality of Foz do Iguaçu (PR) with Puerto Iguazu, in Argentine - Photo: Fernando Araújo/IBGE With the aid of a group of modern geospatial technologies, the IBGE has updated the length of the border strip that connects it with South American countries. That national security...

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Light, transportation and food to cause first deflation in 11 years

The IPCA, index that measures inflation for families, recorded -0.23% in June – the first negative result since June 2006 (-0.21%) and the second lowest rate since August 1998, when the index reached -0.51%. The IBGE coordinator of price indexes, Eulina Nunes, highlights that "what calls attention is...

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Industrial output drops after rising four months

The industrial output declined 0.8% in August over July, after registering a cumulative increase of 3.3% in the four immediately previous months. The sector of food products decreased 5.5% and contributed the most for the drop in the index, after three consecutive months of growth, followed by machinery...

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Sales drop 0.6% in April, retail loses strength after two months stable

The sector of hypermarkets accrues a loss of 3.4% between February and April - Photo: Eduardo Peret/IBGE News Agency Volume of sales of the retail dropped 0.6% in April in relation to March, after two months of stability. This result is the worst for April since 2015 (-1%). As a result, the sector is...

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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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GDP up 1.1% closing 2019 at R$7.3 trillion

Household consumption was the greatest contribution to GDP growth in 2019 - photo: Eduardo Peret/IBGE News Agency The Gross Domestic Product (GDP), released today by the IBGE, closed 2019 with an increase of 1.1%, totaling R$7.257 trillion. This is the third positive result, after the increases of 1.3%...

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Inflation preview: 0.34% is the lowest rate for a month of February in the Plano Real era

Adjustment in school fees were relevant in the 3.52% increase in Education - Photo: Pedro Girão The inflation preview is 0.34% in February, after recording 0.30% in January. The result was the same as in February 2000, and recorded the lowest rate in the series since the start of Plano Real, in July...