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Monthly Survey of Services

Services sector closes 2018 at -0.1% and accumulates four years of negative rates February 14, 2019

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...

Pesquisa Mensal de Comércio

Retail sales grow 2.3% in 2018, highest rise over the last 5 years February 13, 2019

The retail trade closed 2018 with a rise of 2.3%, the highest annual rate since 2013, when sales increased 4.3%. It was the second consecutive positive...

Agriculture

Estimates point to grain harvest increase of 1.9% against 2018 February 12, 2019

The national output of grains is expected to increase 1.9% in 2019, in comparison with the amount harvested last year, amounting to 230.7 million...

Livestock

Hen egg production hits record in Q4 of 2018 February 12, 2019

Chicken egg production reached 928.42 million dozens in the fourth quarter of 2018, the highest number in the time series, started in 1987. The information...

Transparency

Susana Cordeiro Guerra is the new president of the IBGE February 08, 2019

The name of the new president of the IBGE, Susana Cordeiro Guerra, was published in today's (Feb 11) edition of the Official Gazette of Brazil. The...

Inflação

Food drags rise of 0.32% in January IPCA February 08, 2019

According to the Extended National Consumer Price Index - IPCA, released today by the IBGE, the inflation rose 0.32% in January, strongly influenced...

Sinapi

Civil construction costs increase 0.42% in January February 08, 2019

The National Index of Civil Construction (SINAPI), released today by the IBGE, increased 0.42% in January, a result higher than the 0.22% of December...

Regional industry

Industrial output closes 2018 with increase in 11 areas surveyed February 08, 2019

The Survey of Regional Industry, released today by the IBGE, recorded an increase in 11 of the 15 areas surveyed in 2018. That was the second best...

Alterações toponímicas

IBGE updates names of 8 municipalities in geographic and statistical databases February 07, 2019

The IBGE released on Thursday (7) a list of the municipalities that had their names updated in the Institute´s geographic and statistical databases,...

IBGE em campo

Survey follows up supply and quality of basic sanitation services in Brazil February 06, 2019

Carried out by the IBGE, the fourth edition of the National Survey of Basic Sanitation - PNSB is in the field in the 5,570 Brazilian municipalities...

National industry

Output of industry increases for second year in a row and closes 2018 at 1.1% February 01, 2019

The national output of industry increased 1.1% in 2018, below the result of 2017 (2.5%). That is the second annual positive rate in a row, after...

Continuous PNAD

Unemployment falls to 12.3% in the year with a record of persons in informality January 31, 2019

The average unemployment rate in Brazil fell from 12.7% in 2017 to 12.3% in 2018, offsetting the trend observed since 2015, according to the Continuous...

IPP

Industry prices fall 1.46% in December, but 2018 boosts the series January 30, 2019

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...

Retratos Magazine

Ecovillages point out new possibilities of living together January 29, 2019

Coliving projects, concern with the environment, organic farming and civil construction with alternative materials. “Ecovillage” is the noun by which,...

Dam collapse

IBGE releases coordinates to help rescue victims in Brumadinho January 28, 2019

The geographic coordinates of rural housing units and agricultural establishments in Brumadinho (MG) and other 17 municipalities in the same area...

Dia Internacional de Proteção de Dados

Know how individual information becomes public statistics at IBGE January 28, 2019

The Data Protection Day is celebrated this Monday (28). It was established by the Council of Europe and European Commission in 2006 to remind the...

Revista Retratos

Babacu coconut crackers preserve tradition in interior of Maranhão January 24, 2019

In the Aldeia do Odino village in the municipality of Bacabal, approximately 250 kilometers from the capital of Maranhão, São Luís, women perpetuate...

IPCA-15

Previous inflation stays at 0.30%, lowest rate for January since 1995 January 23, 2019

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...