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Inflation accelerates to 0.46% in May, leveraged by rise in food

Having increased 20.61%, potatoes was the item with the biggest individual impact on the Brazilian inflation in May - Picture: IBGE Archive The Brazilian inflation was 0.46% in May, accelerating in relation to the previous month (0.38%). The result was pressed by the prices of food and beverages, which...

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Services revenue changed by 2.1% in June

Period Nominal Revenue June 2015/ June 2014 2.1% Cumulative in 2015 2.3% Cumulative in 12 months 3.5% In June, the services sector recorded nominal increase of 2.1% in comparison with the figure in the same month a year ago, being also above the May (1.1%) and April (1.7%) rates. The cumulative rates...

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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 December, trade sales increased 11.43%

Volume of Sales increased in 25 among twenty-seven Federative Units, and the accumulated index in 2004 increased 9.25% in relation to 2003. The country’s retail trade closed the year of 2004 maintaining the scenario of positive rates, registering in the relation December 04/December 03 changes of 18.76%...

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Unemployment rate was 4.3% in December and closed 2014 at 4.8%

Indicator / period December 2013 November 2014 December 2014 Unemployment rate 4.3% 4.8% 4.3% Usual real earnings R$ 2,089.57 R$ 2,161.93 R$ 2,122.10 Earnings in relation to -1.8% 1.6% In December 2014, the unemployment rate was 4.3%, the same figure as in December 2013, still at the lowest level throughout...

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In September, IBGE expects grain harvest to be 2.2% higher than in 2011

The national production of cereals, legumes and oilseeds points to 163.9 million metric tons, 2.2% higher than the harvest obtained in 2011 (160.1 million metric tons) and 0.5% lower than the estimate of August (164.5 million metric tons). These results are presented in the ninth estimate of the Systematic...

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PPM 2013 investigates for the 1st time national aquaculture

In 2013, the total production of the Brazilian pisciculture was 392.5 thousand metric tons, the great majority, 26.8%, occurred in the Central-West Region. Sorriso (MT) was the main national producing municipality, with 21.5 thousand metric tons. Tilapia was the most grown species, corresponding to 43.1%...

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Inflation rises 0.62% in December, closes 2022 with a rise of 5.79%

Having risen 11.64%, the group of Food and beverages was responsible for the biggest impact on inflation in 2022 Picture: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Having risen 0.62% in December, inflation closed the year of 2022 with an increase of 5.79%, below the rate of 10.06% registered in 2021. As a result,...

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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In August, IBGE forecasts high of 5.9% in 2019 grain crops

In August, the production of cereals, legumes and oilseeds for 2019 was estimated at 239.8 million metric tons, a new record for the country's grain crops, 5.9% higher than 2018 (13.3 million more metric tons) and stable (0.0%) in relation to the one released in July (108.1 more thousand metric tons)....

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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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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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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,...