Regional industry

São Paulo’s industry grows 2.6% in August after 3 consecutive months of decreases October 08, 2019

After three months of negative rates, the São Paulo’s industry grew 2.6% in August, stimulated by the increase in sugar production. Even though,...

National industry

Industrial production back to growth in August, but pace is still below 2018 October 01, 2019

After three months of decline, the national industry production gets back to growth:  0.8% in August compared to July. The recovery of almost the...

IPP

Iron ore pushes rise of industry prices after two consecutive decreases September 25, 2019

The rise of prices of iron ore abroad and the appreciation of the dollar currency led to an increase of 0.92% in the overall industry inflation in...

IPCA-15

With eight highs in electricity in a row, inflation forecast stands at 0.09 in September September 24, 2019

Affected by the eighth consecutive increase in electricity, September's Extended Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15) stood at 0.09%, close to August...

Municipal Livestock Survey

Cattle herd is smaller in 2018, a year marked by growth in slaughter and exports September 20, 2019

All the animal inventories recorded increases in 2018, except cattle herd, which fell by 0.7%, with a reduction by approximately 1.5 million head...

Forestry Activities

Steel sector drives high of 50.5% in production value of charcoal in 2018 September 19, 2019

The production value in silviculture – production from planted forests – rose 11.1% and reached R$16.3 billion in 2018. The major influence was charcoal,...

Monthly Survey of Services

Services sector grows 0.8% in July, but does not recove losses this year September 12, 2019

Despite the increase of 0.8% between June and July 2019, the highest since December 2018, the sector of services is 11.8% below the record figure...

Livestock

Production of eggs reaches record figure among all livestock sectors in Q2 September 12, 2019

In Q2 2019, the production of eggs increased by 7.2% against the same period last year and hit a record in the time series that started in 1987....

Monthly Survey of Trade

Trade is on the rise in July, up 1% in retail sales September 11, 2019

Retail trade sales increased 1% in July, compared to the previous month, and were the third consecutive positive rate of the month, according to...

Regional industry

Vehicle manufacture smooths drop in São Paulo's industry in July September 10, 2019

The -0.3% drop in the country's industrial activity in July, compared to June, was reflected in 8 of the 15 places surveyed by the Monthly Survey...

Agricultural production

IBGE estimates record crop of 239.8 million metric tons in 2019 September 10, 2019

The August estimate for the 2019 crop points to a new record in the national grain production. The expected production of 239.8 million metric tons...

Sinapi

Civil construction costs up 0.44% in August September 06, 2019

The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi) grew 0.44% in August, below the 0.68% increase in July. Sector costs accrue 3.11% in the year and...

IPCA

Inflation slows down in August pushed by fall of food prices September 06, 2019

The inflation of August slowed down to 0.11%, after recording an increase of 0.19% in July. The result was mainly influenced by deflation in the...

PAM

Agricultural production value hits record with smaller crops and harvested areas in 2018 September 05, 2019

The Brazilian agricultural production value hit a record in 2018, reaching R$343.5 billion, a high of 8.3% over 2017. The scenario was leveraged...

Indústria nacional

Industrial output falls 0.3% in July, third negative month in a row September 03, 2019

The output of the national industry fell 0.3% in July compared with June, accruing -1.7% in the year. This is the third negative month in a row,...

IPP

Industry prices hits the third biggest drop since 2013 August 29, 2019

The drop in exports and Real appreciation against the Dollar made domestic industrial prices drop again. That is what shows us the Producer Price...

Industry and services leverage growth of 0.4% in GDP in Q2 August 29, 2019

The Gross Domestic Product - GDP increased 0.4% in the second quarter of 2019 over the previous quarter. This result was mainly leveraged by the...

PAS

Services sector have fewer and smaller companies, with lower salaries than in 2016 August 28, 2019

The services sector had, in 2017, 1,307 million companies. They employed 12,302 million persons and paid, on average, 2.2 minimum wages. There was...

IPCA15

Inflation forecast in August stays at 0.08%, the lowest index for the month since 2010 August 22, 2019

  The Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15) rose 0.08% in August, close to July's index (0.09%). This is the lowest rate for the month...

Pecuária

Cattle slaughter increases, reaches 8 million head in Q2 August 14, 2019

Cattle slaughter reached 8.08 million head in the second quarter of the year, an increase of 2.4% over the first quarter of 2019 and of 4.1% compared...