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Legal and advertisement services grow in May, but services sector remains stable July 13, 2017

According to the Monthly Survey of Services - PMS, recently released, legal and advertisement services were the main responsible for the growth of...

Extended retail sales interrupt sequence of 35 negative rates July 12, 2017

In the comparison with May 2016, the sales of the extended retail, which include the sectors of cars and construction material, grew 4.5%, interrupting...

[Video] Grain harvest surpasses 240 million metric tons July 11, 2017

The 2017 grain harvest is expected to hit 240.3 million metric tons in 2017, with an increase of 30.1% in relation to 2016 (184.7 million metric...

Industry of Ceará shows recovery based on oil, apparel and footwear July 11, 2017

After reaching the lowest level of output in this time series (-28.6%), in November 2016, the industry of Ceará state recovered in the moonths of...

Rise in corn output maintains record estimate for 2017 harvest July 11, 2017

The new estimate for the 2017 grain harvest is 240.3 million metric tons, surpassing by 30.1% the amount obtained in 2016 (184.7 million metric tons)....

Corn, star in June celebrations July 10, 2017

The traditional June celebrations extrapolate Catholic saint days and breaks into July – and even August! – with quadrilhas, fun and, of course,...

Light, transportation and food to cause first deflation in 11 years July 07, 2017

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...

Prices of civil construction have the lowest rate for June since 2009 July 07, 2017

Computed by the IBGE, the National Index of Civil Construction - Sinapi rose 0.38% in June. Even standing 0.08 percentage points above the 0.30%...

In 2015, the Southeast lost more than one million salaried persons from companies and other organizations July 05, 2017

Between 2014 and 2015, the Southeast Region lost more than one million salaried workers in local branches of companies and other organizations listed...

IIndustry registers second positive rate, but stands 18.5% below record level July 04, 2017

With the 0.8% growth between April and May, the national industrial output registers the second biggest positive rate in a row and accumulates a...

Unemployment stable, but workers without a formal contract on the rise June 29, 2017

The unemployment rate (13.3%) held steady in the March-April-May quarter over the previous one (Dec-Jan-Feb: 13.2%), according to the results of...

Investments in industry fall 13% in 2015 June 28, 2017

Reduction of 8,454 in total number of mining and manufacturing industries, drop of 642,138 workplaces and nominal decrease of 13% in investments...

Motor vehicles and basic metals ensure positive IPP (0.12%) in May June 28, 2017

Between April and May 2017, the IBGE's Producer Price Index (IPP), which measures the price changes of the general industry (mining and quarrying...

Food products become cheaper and help restrain inflation June 23, 2017

With a 12.41% decrease in June, tomatoes were quite responsible for the downturn of the Extended National Consumer Price Index 15. The IPCA 15 of...

Construction companies retreat June 21, 2017

In 2015, the construction industry carried out enterprises valued at R$354.4 billion, a retraction of 16.5% over 2014. The same happened with the...

Slaughter of hogs and pigs records biggest increase in Q1 since 1997 June 14, 2017

The slaughter of hogs and pigs increased 2.6% in Q1 2017 in relation to the same period in the previous year, with a total output of 10.46 million...

Regardless of growth, volume of services drops since January 2015 June 14, 2017

Regardless of growth, volume of services drops since January 2015 In the seasonally-adjusted series, volume of services rendered in Brazil grew...

In April, Easter boosts retail sales June 13, 2017

In April 2017, retail sales presented an advance of 1.0% in comparison with March. The increase takes place after two drops in a row (February and...

Food industry lower production contributes to sector's drop in 6 states in April June 09, 2017

The output decrease in 6 of the 14 Brazilian states surveyed by the IBGE, in April 2017 over April 2016, was determined to a large extent by the...

Prices of civil construction rise 0.30% in May June 09, 2017

Computed by the IBGE, the National Index of Civil Construction - Sinapi increased 0.30% in May, a rise of 0.15 percentage points in relation to April...

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