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PIA Product 2016: diesel fuel, beef, ethyl alcohol and petroleum are four major industrial products in Brazil June 21, 2018

Among the 3,400 products investigated by the IBGE´s Annual Survey of Industry - Product, the four major ones (diesel fuel, fresh or cooled beef,...

PIA Enterprise: from 2015 to 2016, industry lost 400.8 thousand employed persons June 21, 2018

The Annual Survey of Industry - Enterprise (PIA-Enterprise) 2016 shows a scenario of economic retraction, reflected in several indicators: since...

IPCA-15 up 1.11% in June and IPCA-E reaches 1.46% June 21, 2018

The Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15) changed by 1.11% in June, showing strong acceleration (0.97 percentage points pp) in relation...

IBGE presents an overview of urbanization in Brazil June 20, 2018

The IBGE today launches the second part of the publication Urbanized Areas of Brazil 2015, which encompasses urban concentrations with a population...

In April, services sector grows 1.0% against March June 14, 2018

In April, for the first time in the year, the services sector grew against the previous month, reaching 1.0% in relation to March (seasonally-adjusted...

Cattle slaughter increases 4.4% over Q1 2017 June 14, 2018

Cattle slaughter increased 4.4%, hogs and pigs slaughter rose 2.3% and chicken slaughter dropped 1.2% in the first quarter of 2018 over the first...

Retail sales change 1% in April June 13, 2018

I In the seasonally-adjusted series, volume of sales of the national retail trade changed 1.0% in April 2018 over March, after advancing 1.1%...

Agricultural stocking capacity stays at 167 million tonnes in 2nd half of 2017 June 12, 2018

In terms of active establishments in the survey, the total storage capacity available in Brazil for stocking was 167.0 million tonnes in the second...

Industry up in 10 of 15 places surveyed in April June 08, 2018

With the 0.8% increase in the industrial output from March to April 2018, ten of the 15 places surveyed had positive rates in the period, in the...

National index of Civil Construction changes 0.55% in May June 08, 2018

The National Index of Civil Construction - Sinapi changed 0.55% in May, the highest rate in 2018, standing 0.29 percentage points (p.p.) above the...

IPCA was 0.40% in May June 08, 2018

The Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA) for May was 0.40% and was 0.18 percentage points higher than the 0.22% rate registered in April....

PAIC 2016: share of infrastructure works in value of construction industry falls from 41.3% to 29.5% in 10 years June 07, 2018

Between 2007 and 2016, the Annual Survey of Construction Industry - PAIC registered a drop in the share of infrastructure works (from 45.6% to 29.5%)...

In April, industrial output advances 0.8% June 05, 2018

In the seasonally-adjusted series, the national industrial output advanced 0.8% in April 2018 against March, after registering 0.1% in February and...

GDP increases 0.4% in Q1 2018 against Q4 2017 May 30, 2018

In the seasonally-adjusted series, the GDP increased 0.4% in the first quarter of 2018 against the fourth quarter of 2017. It was the fifth consecutive...

Producer Price Index increases 1.56% in April May 29, 2018

In April 2018, prices of the mining and quarrying and manufacturing industries changed 1.56% in relation to the previous month, a higher result than...

Continuous PNAD: unemployment rate of 12.9% in the quarter ended April May 29, 2018

The unemployment rate (12.9%) in the quarterly moving average between February to April 2018 increased by 0.7 percentage points against the quarter...

"Systems of Vital Statistics in Brazil" publication discusses reconciliation of IBGE and Ministry of Health data May 25, 2018

The IBGE launches today the "System of Vital Statistics in Brazil: advances, perspectives and challenges" publication, a discussion on methods of...

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