Regional industry

Industrial production increases in 12 of the 15 places surveyed in May July 08, 2020

The Brazilian industrial activity increased in May in 12 of the 15 locations analyzed by the Regional Monthly Survey of Industry, in comparison with...

PNAD COVID19

More than one million persons could have returned to work in the 2nd week of June July 03, 2020

The number of employed persons who were temporarily away from work due to social distancing fell from 13.5 million in the first week of June to 12.4...

Sustainability

Company's image is the main reason for environmental innovations July 03, 2020

The implementation of innovations with environmental benefits has been motivated, mainly, by factors related to the image of the enterprises. Among...

Industrial production

Industry grows 7.0% in May, after two months of decline with the pandemic July 02, 2020

The national industrial production increased 7.0% in May 2020 compared to April. Growth, however, was not big enough to offset the 26.3% drop accumulated...

Producer Prices

Industry inflation accelerates in May due to rise of food prices July 01, 2020

Industry prices rose 1.22% in May against the previous month, the highest figure since May 2019, when the index reached 1.39%, as reported by the...

Continuous PNAD

Unemployment falls to 12%, but underemployed population is the biggest since 2012 July 31, 2019

The unemployment rate in the country fell by 12.7%, in Q1 2019, to 12% in the quarter April-June, according to the Continuous National Household...

IPP

Prices in industry shrink 1.14% in June after four months of increase July 31, 2019

Influenced by the appreciation of the real against the dollar in June, industry prices deflated by 1.14% compared to May, when it rose by 1.39%....

Revista Retratos

SDG 17: Partnerships and means to reduce social and economic inequalities July 29, 2019

Mobilizing financial resources, sharing technology, and enhancing capacity-building in developing countries. These are some of the initiatives that...

PNAD Contínua

Survey unveils unprecedented picture of the labor market in the interior of Brazil July 24, 2019

A survey based on the microdata of the Continuous National Household Sample Survey - Continuous PNAD unveiled an unprecedented picture of the labor...

Inflation preview

IPCA-15 stays at 0.09% in July due to the fall of fuel prices July 23, 2019

The Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15) rose 0.09% in July after recording 0.06% in the previous month. The decrease in fuel prices...

Pesquisa Mensal de Serviços

Services sector remains stable in May, pressed by drop in transportation July 12, 2019

After increasing 0.5% in April, volume of services remained stable in May (0.0%) compared with the previous month. Transportation was the only activity...

Produção agrícola

Estimates for 2019 harvest increase, hit 236 million tonnes July 11, 2019

According to the June estimates of the Systematic Survey of Agricultural Production, released today by the IBGE, the national harvest of cereals,...

Monthly Survey of Trade

Retail sales remain stable in May and cumulative increase in the year hits 0.7% July 11, 2019

The volume of sales changed by -0.1% in May, a result that is considered stable, but it increased by 1% against May 2018. Trade recorded an increase...

IPCA

June's inflation stays at 0.01%, the lowest rate of the year July 10, 2019

The Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA), which measures the official inflation in the country, was 0.01% in June, the lowest rate for 2019....

Sinapi

Construction costs grow 0.35% in June, the lowest index for the month since 2013 July 10, 2019

The National Civil Construction Index (SINAPI), released today by the IBGE, grew by 0.35% in June, a result higher than the 0.11% in May. It is the...

IBGE into the field

Continuous PNAD examines population's habits in tourism for the first time July 08, 2019

The Continuous National Household Sample Survey (Continuous PNAD)  is going into the field today (8) in order to collect data on the population's...

Producer Prices

With fourth increase in a row, inflation in industry rises 1.43% in May July 03, 2019

Prices in industry rose 1.43% in May, against April, due to hikes in the sectors of food products, oil products and mining and quarrying. This is...

Indústria nacional

Industrial output retreats 0.2% in May, drops in 18 of 26 activities July 02, 2019

The national industrial output decreased by 0.2% in May, compared with April, but it advanced 7.1% in relation to May of 2018 (truckers' strike's...

2020 Census

Content has been defined and now you can see the questions in the 2020 Census questionnaire July 01, 2019

  After the topics and the size of the 2020 Census questionnaires have been defined, the IBGE released today (1) the questions that will be answered...

IBGE puts news on hold during electoral period July 06, 2018

In order to meet the electoral law, the IBGE will not communicate any news regularly produced by the institution as of tomorrow, July 7. As a result,...