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Car production contributes to recovery of industry in 2017 November 01, 2017

Industry closed Q3 2017 with an increase of 1.6% in its national output, mainly due to the increased production of motor vehicles. The cumulative...

IPP accelerates, pressed by petroleum derivatives and biofuels October 26, 2017

The Producer Price Index - IPP, which measures the price changes in industry free from taxes and freight, accelerated from 0.29% in August to 1.50%...

Bottled gas rockets up inflation forecast for October October 20, 2017

With three increases in a row, the price of bottled gas (5.72% up) was one of the main responsible of the high in the Extended National Consumer...

“Green GDP”: Brazilan environmental heritage to be calculated by IBGE October 18, 2017

The IBGE, which is responsible for calculating the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), will also release the Green Gross Internal Product (GGDP), known...

Women look for formal economy more than men in Brazil October 18, 2017

Women show a higher proportion of enterprises registered in the National Directory of Legal Entities - CNPJ than men. In 2016, 20.3% of those women...

IBGE begins to release thematic modules of Continuous PNAD October 17, 2017

The IBGE releases tomorrow, October 18, the Additional Characteristics of the Labor Market 2012-2016 publication, the first thematic module of the...

Drop in Food and Lodging contributes to low August in services October 17, 2017

The only activity down in August in the comparison with July, the sector of services rendered to families (-4.8%) was mainly to blame for the 1%...

In August, furniture and household appliances keep retail on the rise October 11, 2017

The volume of sales of the retail trade increased 3.6% in August, in comparison with the same month of 2016. It is the biggest monthly change since...

Industry in São Paulo drops 1.4% in August after growing for 4 months October 10, 2017

According to the Monthly Survey of Industry - Regional - PIM-PF Regional released today by the IBGE, the industrial output in São Paulo dropped 1.4%...

Soybean, corn and rice crops make up more than 90% of the 2017 output October 10, 2017

Soybean, corn and rice crops are expected to amount to more than 226 million metric tons, making up a total 93.7% of the Brazilian agricultural output...

Fuels boost inflation in September October 06, 2017

With a high of 1.91% in September, against the previous month, fuels were the items that most influenced the 0.16% change of the Extended National...

North Region leads high in civil construction costs in September October 06, 2017

The North Region leads the change of civil construction per square meter registered by the National Index of Civil Construction (SINAPI) in September, released...

Business market loses 1.6 million salaried persons in 2015 October 04, 2017

Fewer companies ceased operations in 2015. Nevertheless, the business market lost 1.6 million salaried persons against figures of 2014. That can...

Industrial output drops after rising four months October 03, 2017

The industrial output declined 0.8% in August over July, after registering a cumulative increase of 3.3% in the four immediately previous months....

Informal jobs contribute once again to unemployment drop September 29, 2017

The unemployment rate (12.6%) fell 0.7 percentage points in the June-July-August quarter compared to the March-April-May quarter (13.3%), according...

Wood production boosted by pulp and paper industry September 28, 2017

With 85.2 million m3 and a output value of R$ 5.2 billion, the production of logged wood for pulp and paper increased 10.8% in 2016, against the...

Cattle herd records greatest increase in time series September 28, 2017

With a high of 1.4% in 2016, against the previous year, the national inventory of cattle registered the mark of 218.2 million head, the greatest...

Producer Price Index increases under the influence of petroleum and ethanol September 27, 2017

After two months of negative results, the Producer Price Index (IPP) records an advance of 0.31% in August – a figure very much influenced by the...

Service companies generate less revenue in 2015 September 22, 2017

In 2015, the companies from the services sector generated revenue of R$1.4 trillion – a result 2.4% below the performance of 2014. The drop was mostly...

Output of acai berry amounted to 1.1 million metric tons in 2016 September 21, 2017

According to the Municipal Agricultural Survey (PAM), released today, from 2015 to 2016 the national output of acai berry increased from 1.0 to 1.1...

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