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PAIC 2013: construction industry grows 3.7%

The Annual Survey of Construction Industry recorded, in 2013, 3.7% of real growth of incorporations, works and services performed by construction companies, in 2013 versus 2012, amounting to an overall R$ 357.7 billion, being 42.8% relative to the construction of buildings, 39.4% to infrastructure works...

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Chicken slaughtering was the only type to record increase in Q1 2012

In the first quarter of 2012, a total 7.219 million cattle head were slaughtered, representing decrease of 2.0% in relation to the immediately previous quarter and increase of 1.6% over the same period in 2011. The slaughter of 8.744 million hogs and pigs, from January to March, represented decrease...

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Industry drops in seven of the 15 areas surveyed

National industry recorded a decrease of 1.8%, and seven of the 15 areas surveyed recorded negative rates from August to September 2018, in the seasonally adjusted series. The most significant decrease were recorded by Amazonas (-5.2%), São Paulo (-3.9%), Bahia (-3.3%) and Paraná (-3.1%). On the other...

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In February, unemployment rate was 8.7%

The rate was higher than in January (8.0%) and lower than in February 2007 (9.9%). The number of unemployed persons (2.0 million) increased by 9.1% in relation to January and fell by 9.9% in comparison with February 2007. The rate was higher than in January (8.0%) and lower than in February 2007 (9.9%)....

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In March, volume of trade sales fell by 0.10%

Also in relation to February, nominal revenue increased by 0.19% in the series with seasonal adjustment. Retail trade of the Country had rates of -0.10% for the volume of sales and 0.19% for the nominal revenue, in the relation March/February with seasonal adjustment. In the other comparisons, obtained...

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2018 Vital Statistics: same-sex marriages increase 61.7% whithin a year

Despite the 1.6% reduction in the total civil marriages between 2017 and 2018 (1,070,376 to 1,053,467), the number of same-sex marriages increased 61.7% in the same period, going from 5,887 to 9,520. Female same-sex marriages represented 58.4% of unions. Among the regions, the greatest increase was in the...

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Harvest of 2005 may reach 119,488 million tons

The national production of cereals, legumes and oilseeds (cotton seed, ,peanuts, rice, beans, castor seeds, corn, soybeans, oats, rye, barley, sunflower seeds, sorghum, wheat and triticale) may reach 119,488 million tons in 2005, an increase of only 0.10% in relation to 2004, when 119,369 million tons...

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Pevs 2016: silviculture and wild-crop harvesting reach R$18.5 billion

The value of silviculture and wild crop harvesting added up to R$18.5 billion in 2016, with a 0.8% growth in relation to 2015. Silviculture (obtained from planted forests), contributes with 76.1% (R$14.1 billion) to the total, whereas Wild-crop harvesting (collection of products in woods and native forests)...

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Extended Consumer Price Index-15 (IPCA-15) of January was 0.68%

Food products and beverages, electricity, new automobiles and education were the main responsible for the index of January. The Extended Consumer Price Index-15 – (IPCA-15) changed 0.68% in January, a result lower than the one of December 2004 (0.84%). In the last twelve months, the index accumulated...

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Services Sector down 1.0% in August

In August, the Services sector decreased 1.0% in relation to July, after the drop of 0.8% in July and a high of 1.3% in June, in the seasonally-adjusted series. Period Volume Nominal Revenue August 2017 / July 2017 -1.0% -0.6% August 2017 / August 2016 -2.4% 2.0% Cumulative in 2017 -3.8% 1.7% Cumulative...

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GDP increased by 4.0% and reached R$ 2.37 trillion in 2006

After the increase of 3.2% of the GDP (Gross Domestic Product) in 2005, the Brazilian economy accelerated, with a rate of 4.0% in 2006. In current values, the result summed R$ 2,370 billion; and the deflator1 of the GDP was 6.1%. The GDP per capita reached R$ 12,688 in 2006, a growth of 2.5% in relation...

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Continuous PNAD: unemployment rate goes to 13.7% in quarter ending in March 2017

Indicator / Period Jan - Feb - Mar2017 Oct - Nov - Dec2016 Jan - Feb - Mar2016 Unemployment rate 13.7% 12.0% 10.9% Usual real earnings R$2,110 R$2,064 R$2,059 Value of usual real earnings in relation to: stable stable The unemployment rate was estimated at 13.7% in the January-March 2017 quarter, rising...

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Quarterly Livestock Surveys - first results: in Q2 2018, chicken slaughter down in all comparisons

In the second quarter of 2018, chicken slaughter decreased 5.4% in comparison with Q2 of 2017 and 8.3% over the previous quarter, reaching 1.36 billion head. Cattle slaughter increased 3.6% and the slaughter of pigs and hogs recorded a high of 1.9% in Q2 2018 over Q2 2017. In the comparison with Q2 2018...

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IBGE releases July's unemployment rate for four Metropolitan Areas

Unemployment Rate Year Month Recife Belo Horizonte Rio de Janeiro São Paulo 2014 July 6.6% 4.1% 3.6% 4.9% June 6.2% 3.9% 3.2% 5.1% 2013 July 7.6% 4.3% 4.7% 5.8% IBGE releases the results of the Monthly Employment Survey (PME) relative to July 2014 for the Metropolitan Areas of Recife, Belo Horizonte,...

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Continuous PNAD shows unemployment of 7.1% in the first quarter of 2014

Indicator/ Period 1st Q / 2014 4th Q / 2013 1st Q / 2013 Unemployment rate 7.1% 6.2% 8.0% Employment level 56.7% 57.3% 56.3% Employed population 91.2 million 91.8 million 89.4 million Unemployed population 7.0 million 6.1 million 7.8 million The unemployment rate for Brazil was estimated at 7.1% in the...

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Inflation in industry decelerates to 1.39% in November after record increase

Food industry prices records cumulative increase of 32.01% in 2020 - Geraldo Bubniak/AEN-PR Industry prices rose 1.39% in November 2020 against the previous month. Despite the increase, there was deceleration from the October result, when the index had recorded its biggest increase in the time series...

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IPCA accumulated 3.14% in 2006

The Extended Consumer Price Index (IPCA) of December changed by 0.48%, accumulating 3.14% in 2006, 2.55 percentage points below 2005 (5.69%). It was the lowest result since 1998 (1.65%). The reduction in the rate was determined by the good supply of agricultural products, the influence of currency and...

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GDP in the third quarter was R$ 542,1 billion

Net Lending reached R$ 16,2 billion. The GDP accumulated in the year reached R$ 1,5 trillion. In the quarter, household consumption was R$290,5 billion. The investment rate reached 20.8%, the second highest percentage in the third quarter of a year since the beginning of the series, in 1995. The GDP...

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In March, unemployment rate was 9.0%

The unemployment rate in March was 0.5percentage points above the figure in February (8.5%) and remained stable compared to March 2008 (8.6%). The unemployed population (2.1 million) had total increase by 141 thousand persons (7.3%) compared to February, and by 130 thousand persons (6.7%) when compared...

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IPCA-15 changed by 0.51% in January

The Extended Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15) changed by 0.51% in January and was above the December figure, 0.38%. Alcohol was the major impact on the index of the month (0.10 percentage point), having changed from 1.09% in December to 9.22% in January, as a consequence of the transfer of price rises...