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Regional industry

For the first time in 8 years, output of industry falls in all the 15 areas surveyed May 14, 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic had a direct impact on the reduction of industrial activity in the country from February to March, as shown in the Regional...

Monthly Survey of Trade

Rise in supermarket sales limits retail losses to 2.5% in March May 13, 2020

According to the Monthly Survey of Trade - PMC released today (13) by the IBGE, the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic can be seen in March with the...

Monthly Survey of Services

Services fall 6.9% in March, worst result of the sector since 2011 May 12, 2020

The volume of services fell by 6.9% in March, in comparison with February, and reached the worst result of the sector in March, in comparison with...

Agricultural production

Despite economic losses in 2020 due to Covid-19, crops are to hit record May 12, 2020

Unlike the other economic indicators that accumulate losses due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the national grain crop should break a new record and reach...

Sinapi

Civil construction costs decelerate, though rise 0.25% in April May 08, 2020

IPCA

Fuels contribute to deflation of 0.31% in April, lowest index in 22 years May 08, 2020

With a decrease of 9.59% in fuels prices, deflation in the country was 0.31% in April, after recording 0.07% in March. The result is the lowest...

New coronavirus

IBGE releases information on the distribution of doctors, nurses, ICUs and mechanical ventilators in Brazil May 07, 2020

The IBGE released, today (7), information on the distribution of doctors, nurses, ICU (intensive care unit) beds and mechanical ventilators by Federation...

Contas Econômicas Ambientais

Brazilian economy consumed 6.3 liters for each R$1 produced in 2017 May 07, 2020

For each R$1 of Gross Value Added produced in Brazil in 2017, approximately 6.3 liters of water were consumed. The activity which demanded more water...

Men earned almost 30% more than women in 2019 May 06, 2020

Men had monthly average earnings 28.7% higher than women’s in 2019, considering earnings from all jobs. While men earned R$2,555, a figure higher...

Characteristics of housing units

One out of every three housing units had no access to sewage treatment in 2019 May 06, 2020

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...

Earnings from all sources

Northeast is the only region with increase in concentration of income in 2019 May 06, 2020

The per capita income concentration, measured by the Gini index, showed stability (0.543) in Brazil, in 2019, in comparison with the previous year...

National industry

Pandemic makes industrial output drop 9.1%, the worst figure in March since 2002 May 05, 2020

The industrial output dropped 9.1% in March, against February, the worst result for March since 2002. In relation to the same period in 2019, the...

Novel Coronavirus

IBGE inaugurates telephone collection of PNAD Covid covering more than 190 thousand households May 04, 2020

The PNAD Covid telephone collection has begun this Monday (4). It is a version of the Continuous National Household Sample Survey, in partnership...

IBGE grieves death of Data Processing Director in Rio de Janeiro due to COVID-19 April 30, 2020

The IBGE Data Processing Director, Mr. David Wu Tai, aged 71 years old, passed away in the evening of April 29, 2020. He had been hospitalized due...

Producer Price Index

Food products drive industry prices up 1.32% in March April 30, 2020

Industry prices increased by 1.32% in March 2020, compared to the previous month, after increasing 0.35% in January and 0.81% in February, according...

Continuous PNAD

Unemployment rises to 12.2% and hits 12.9 million in Q1 2020 April 30, 2020

The unemployment rate increased to 12.2% in the first quarter this year, an increase of 1.3 percentage points (p.p) in comparison with the last...

PNAD TIC

Income affects population access to technological goods and the Internet April 29, 2020

The survey shows that the number of households with Internet access increased from 74.9% in 2017 to 79.1% in 2018 – in the urban area, the percentage...