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Construction costs rise 1.71% in October

Rise in construction costs was influenced by the share of materials, which rose 3.17% - Photo: Simone Mello/IBGE News Agency The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), released today (6) by the IBGE, rose 1.71% in October, the highest increase of the year, and was 0.27 percentage points above...

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Projection rises record of 2020 harvest to 249 million tonnes

Production of soybeans hits another record, with an estimate of 125.2 million tonnes in 2020 - Photo: Abiove The February estimate for the 2020 grain harvest hit another record, 249 million tonnes, which represents a rise of 3.1% over 2019, when it registered 241.5 million tonnes. It rose 0.9% (2.3 million...

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Industry prices up 0.12% in April due to high in food products

High in beef prices drove change of 2.09% in the food sector - Photo: Eduardo Peret/ IBG News Agency Industry prices rose 0.12% in April, compared to the previous month, according to the Producer Price Index (IPP) released today (29) by the IBGE. It was the ninth consecutive increase in the index, and...

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IBGE advances in the use of fiscal information for statistical production

IBGE releases Regional Tables of Resources and Uses for the first time ever - Photo: Freepik (arts over photograph) The IBGE launches today the Tables of Resources and Uses by Federation Unit: Matrices of the 2018 production account. This is the first time that the IBGE releases this information, detailed...

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Meats lead to rise of industry prices by 0.91% in November

Increase of exports led to a rise of 7.12% in industry prices - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency Prices of industry rose 0.91% in November 2019, in comparison with the previous month, according to the Producer Price Index (IPP), released today (8) by the IBGE. That was the fourth hike in a row,...

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Led by gasoline, inflation preview stays at 0.48% in February

Gasoline accounted for the main impact on the February index, which recorded its eighth risei a row - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15), Brazil's official inflation preview, stayed at 0;48% in February, after a result of 0.78% in January. That...

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At the Saint Benedict’s Monastery: enumeration in a collective household

Monks living in the Saint Benedict’s Monatery are enumerated in Zeptember - Photo: Jessica Cândido/IBGE News Agency At 7:15 in the morning, monks living in the Saint Benedict’s Monatery, downtown Rio, started to sing Gregorian chant for the morning Mass. When the 45-celebration that takes pace in the...

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Inflation preview up 0.94% in October, the highest increase for October since 1995

With a 4.83% high, beef drives October IPCA-15 up - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15), released today (10/23) by the IBGE, was 0.94% in October, the highest result for the month since 1995. In the year, the inflation preview accumulated increase...

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IPCA-15 decelerates to 0.22%, lowest result for February since 1994

After 4 months of highs, meat prices drop and take inflation down - Photo: Eduardo Peret/IBGE News Agency The inflation preview was 0.22% in the month due to the fall in the price of meat (-5.04%) and airfare (-6.68%). The result is the lowest for a February since the implantation of the "Plano Real",...

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Despite the pandemic, number of companies in the market remains positive in 2020

In 2020, 826,4 thousand companies started their activities and 634.4 thousand were closed - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/ IBGE News Agency The balance between companies entering and exiting the market remined positive in 2020: 192,0 thousand. In spite of the pandemic, that was the second year with a positive...

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Services grow 0.7% in August, fourth positive rate in a row

The rise of 6.7% in other services is related with auxiliary financial services - Photo: Pixabay After advancing 1.3% in the previous month, volume of services rendered in Brazil grew 0.7% in August. It is the fourth consecutive positive figure, leading to a cumulative gain of 3.3% in this period. As...

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Trade has record drop of 4% in job positions in 2020

Sector of wearing apparel registered the highest drop in personnel among trade activities in 2020 (-15.3%). - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency In the first year of the pandemic, the Brazilian trade lost 4.0% of employment, 7.4% of enterprises and 7.0% of stores. Of the 404.1 thousand workers who...

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Inflation decelerates to 0.21%, the lowest for January since the beginning of Real Plan

Meat prices deflated 4.03%, exerting the biggest negative impact on the January´s IPCA - Photo: Eduardo Peret/IBGE News Agency The IBGE announced today (7) that the official inflation, measured by the Extended National Consumer Price Index - IPCA, decelerated to 0.21% in January, after registering a...

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Retail trade sales up 1.4% in May, second month of increase in a row

Fabric, wearing apparel and footwear (16.8%) was responsible for the biggest increase in sales in May - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Trade sales were up 1.4% in May, after an increase of 4.9% in April. The result of May is the second consecutive increase of retail, which is now 3.95 above the...

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Iron ore pushes rise of industry prices after two consecutive decreases

Producer prices in the mining and quarrying sector rose 7.67% in August, with a cumulative increase of 30.36% in the year - Photo: Agência Vale The rise of prices of iron ore abroad and the appreciation of the dollar currency led to an increase of 0.92% in the overall industry inflation in August, versus...

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Construction costs grow 1.89% in July

July's high in construction costs was the third biggest in the year - Photo: Pixabay The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), released today (August 10) by the IBGE, rose 1.89% in July, the third highest increase of the year, but stood 0.53 percentage points below the previous month's rate...

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With increases in Industry and Services, GDP grows by 7.7% in Q3

Biggest increase (7.7%) since the start of the time series is not enough to make up for pandemic-related losses - Photo: Marcelo Benedicto/ IBGE News Agency Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased by 7.7% in Q3 from Q2, the biggest change since the start of the time series in 1996, but not yet at a rate...

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Iron ore influences producer price index

The mining and quarrying industries had the highest price change between September and October, 9.41%. That's what the Producer Price Index (IPP), released today, reveals. The sector accumulates 10.17% in the year and has the greatest cumulative change in 12 months of industry's prices, 34.66%. The positive...

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After two months of deflation in a row, IPCA increases 0.26% in June

High in gasoline prices made inflation go up in June - Photo: Helena Pontes/ IBGE News Agency After two consecutive months of deflation, prices in the country rose again and registered a 0.26% increase in June, according to the Extented National Consumer Price Index (IPCA), published today (10) by the...

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Costs in civil construction increase 10.16% in 2020, highest index in 7 years

Constant rises in costs of construction material impacted index - Photo: Mayke Toscano/Secom-MT Released today (12) by the IBGE, the National Index of Civil Construction - Sinapi closed 2020 with a rise of 10.16%, increasing 6.13 percentage points over 2019 (4.03%). It was the highest rate in the time...