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IBGE updates list of Brazilian municipalities, municipal districts and sub-districts

Updating of the Brazilian Territorial Division pinpointed 28 new municipal districts in 2022 - Picture: Art over mockup The IBGE updated once again the list of municipal sub-divisions in Brazil. In relation to the previous year, the current survey, related to 2022, pinpointed the inclusion of 28 new...

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Inflation was 0.95% in November, the highest for November since 2015

Gasoline accrues rise of 50.78% in 12 months - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency After registering 1.25% in October, the inflation dropped to 0.95% in November, though it was the highest rate for November since 2015 (1.01%). The cumulative index in the year stayed at 9.26% and, in the last 12 months,...

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Industrial production grows in six of the 15 places surveyed in June against May

The mining and quarrying industry was the main responsible for the performance of the industrial production in Espírito Santo - Photo: Leandro Grandi/Agência Vale From May to June, Brazilian industrial production increased by 0.1%, with growth in six of the 15 areas surveyed by the Regional Monthly Survey...

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Inflation in industry decelerates to 1% in May due to dollar depreciation

Food sector drove the high in industry's inflation in May - Photo: José Fernando Ogura-AEN PR Industrial prices rose 1% from April to May, a result less than the increase registered from March to April (2.19%), representing a slowdown in industrial price inflation. It is also the smallest price change...

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Inflation preview was 0.99% in February, the highest rate for the month since 2016

The beginning of the school year brought impact on February's IPCA 15 - Photo: Rovena Rosa / Agência Brasil The Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15), which is the official inflation preview, was 0.99% in February - 0.41 percentage points (pp) above the January rate (0.58%). This is the...

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IBGE updates geographic divisions of reference to disseminate results of 2022 Census

Thirty-three Twin Cities comprise the list of 588 municipalities distributed in 11 states of the Brazilian Borderland Strip - Picture: Art over photo Freepik The IBGE released today (19) the 2022 edition of the Geographic Reference Framework for the Production, Analysis and Dissemination of Statistics,...

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Construction costs grow 0.72% in January, with lower pressure from materials

Workforce was the greatest weight in the construction costs due to the minimum wages increase. Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), releases toady (Feb 9) by the IBGE, increased 0.72% in January, 0.20 percentage points above the rate of December 2021 (0.52%)....

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Industrial output grows in ten of 15 places surveyed in May over April

The sector of computer equipment, electronic and optical products was key to the result of industry in Amazonas - Picture: Gilson Abreu/FIEP Between April and May, the Brazilian industrial output advanced 0.3%, with a growth in ten out of 15 places surveyed by the Monthly Survey of Industry (Regional...

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Estimates indicate 2019 will have second biggest grain harvest in current time series

The second estimate for the national harvest of cereals, legumes and oilseeds in 2019 indicates an increase of 1.7% against the 2018 output. As a result, the amount harvested next year is expected to be the second biggest in the time series initiated in 1975. In absolute figures, output is expected to...

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Harsh climatic conditions can affect 2018 harvest

Grain harvest in Brazil is expected to amount to 220.2 million metric tons, 8.9% below the 2017 estimate (241.6 million metric tons). All that is presented in the first harvest estimate for 2018, released today by the IBGE. According to the survey, decrease may be observed, mainly, in corn (14.3 million...

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Value of forestry production increases by 11.9% and hits record figure of R$33.7 billion

Planted area of silviculture amounted to 9.5 million hectares, of which 77.3% are of eucalyptus, and value of production reached R$27.4 billion - Photo: Fernando Dias/Ascom-Sepadr Value of production of forestry activities reached a record of R$33.7 billion, with an increase of 11.9% and output from...

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After two months of deflation, IPCA-15 stays at 0.16% in October

Gasoline dropped 5.92% in October and it was the item with the biggest negative impact this month - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency After registering two consecutive months of deflation, inflation preview in October was 0.16%. Like in the last months, the retreat in the price of fuels (-6.14%)...

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Employment in services sector grows 7.8%, hits record of 13.4 million

Employment in Services rendered mainly to families fell 8.5% against 2019, influenced by Food services, which lost 223.7 thousand jobs - Picture: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The Annual Survey of Services (PAS) 2021 showed a total of 1.5 million active companies, a growth of 7.9% over 2019 and of 9.2%...

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Inflation hits 0.67% in June, driven by food products

Food prices for consumption away from home rose 1.26% in June and led to the increase of IPCA - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Inflation hit 0.67% in June after a change of 0.47% in the previous month. The increase was mainly influenced by the increase of 0.80% of the group food and beverages,...

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Inflation in industry stays at -0.66% in March

Sector of refining and biofuels exerts the biggest negative impact due to drop of foreign prices - Picture: André Motta de Souza/Ag. Petrobras The industrial prices changed -0.66% in March over February. The cumulative index in the year hit -0.66%, the second lowest figure ever registered for March since...

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IBGE survey shows a decade of information on students’ health

PeNSE being administered in a school in Amapá in 2015. Students answered the survey using a data collection device. - Photo: IBGE Collection A decade of surveys about teenage health and its tendencies. That is what the IBGE has released today in the experimental study of the National Survey of School...

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Inflation in industry stays at 1.94% in July, with increases in 20 of the 24 areas surveyed

Food industry accounted for the main contribution to IPP in July - Photo: José Fernando Ogura/AEN-PR Industry prices rose 1.94% from June to July, a result above the increases rof May and June and the biggest change in the last three months - there was a change of 1.29% in June and 0.99% in May. Cumulative...

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With rise in health insurance plans, inflation preview stays at 0.69% in June

Adjustments in health insurance plans authorized by ANS pressed inflation preview of June - Photo: Freepik Inflation preview accelerated in June to 0.69%, standing 0.10 percentage points (p.p.) above the rate registered in May (0.59%). Having increased 2.99% and having represented 0.10 p.p. in the June´s...

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With decrease in gasoline and increase in food, IPCA-15 stands at 0.58 in January

Gasoline prices fell 1.78% in January - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The inflation preview decelerated to 0.58% in January, after high of 0.78% in the previous month. Over the last 12 months, the indicator acumulates high of 10.20%, below the 10.42% recorded in the previous 12 months. The rate...

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In 2022, women dedicated more 9.6 weekly hours than men to household tasks and care of persons

Men carry out household tasks at similar rates as women only when living alone - Picture: Bel Corção/Brasil com S In 2022, the population aged 14 years and over dedicated, on average, 17 weekly hours to household tasks and/or care of persons, being 21.3 weekly hours for women and 11.7 hours for men....