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IPCA-15 hits 0.45% in September, highest rise for the month since 2012 September 23, 2020

The Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15), released today by the IBGE, was 0.45% in...

PNAD COVID19: 21.6% of positive results among persons tested for Covid-19 by August September 23, 2020

Up to August, 17.9 million persons (8.5% of the population) had been tested for the coronavirus...

IPCA-15 up 0.45% in September September 23, 2020

The Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15) rose 0.45% in September, 0.22 percentage...

IBGE launches interactive dashboard to help municipalities fight the pandemic September 21, 2020

The IBGE launches today (21) the Covid-19 Dashboard by Municipality, with interactive maps that...

Unemployment in the pandemic reaches highest level in the fourth week of August September 18, 2020

Unemployment rate hit 14.3% in the fourth week of August, an increase of 1.1 percentage points...

PNAD COVID19: 4.4% of the employed population were away from work due to social distancing in the fourth week of August September 18, 2020

The proportion of persons away from home was statistically stable against the figure in the...

10.3 million persons live in households with severe food insecurity September 17, 2020

Severe food insecurity was present in the home of 10.3 million Brazilians at least for some time...

2017-2018 POF: proportion of food secure households stands below 2004 level September 17, 2020

In 2017-2018, of the 68.9 million households in Brazil, 36.7% (equivalent to 25.3 million) had...

IBGE updates free web application manual for GPS users September 16, 2020

The IBGE launches today (16) a new edition of the manual for the online Precise Point Positioning...

Four of every 10 enterprises still feel negative effects of the Covid-19 pandemic in the first week of August September 15, 2020

Among the 3.2 million enterprises in operation in the first half of August, 38.6% still report...

Enterprise Pulse Survey: 38.6% of the enterprises reported negative effects of the pandemic in the first half of August September 15, 2020

A total 38.6% of the 3.2 million enterprises in operation in the first half of August reported...

In the middle of the pandemic, number of persons in strict isolation falls September 11, 2020

The number of strictly isolated persons decreased by 2.8 million from the second to the third week of...

Services grow 2.6% in July, but losses related to pandemic are yet to be offset September 11, 2020

The services sector increased 2.6% from June to July, the second positive rate in a row,...

PNAD COVID19: 4.8% of the employed population were away from work due to social distancing in the 3rd week of August September 11, 2020

This proportion was statistically stable in relation to the previous week (5.2%) and well below...

Volume of services grows 2.6% in July September 11, 2020

In July 2020, the volume of services in Brazil grew 2.6% compared to June, in the seasonally...

Retail sales up 5.2% in July as trade remains in recovery mode September 10, 2020

The volume of sales increased 5.2% in July, against the previous month, after a record hike of...

With increase in exports, slaughter of hogs and pigs is the highest since 1997 September 10, 2020

The second quarter of 2020 registered the slaughter of 12.10 million head of hogs and pigs in...

Retail sales up 5.2% in July September 10, 2020

In July 2020, retail trade sales in the country increased 5.2% against the June figure, in the...

August estimate previews record of 251.7 million metric tons in 2020 September 10, 2020

The estimate for the national grain crop, in which a record was already expected, increased again...

Animal slaughter: cattle and chicken down; hogs and pigs up in Q2 2020 September 10, 2020

In the 2nd quarter of 2020, 7.30 million cattle head were slaughtered, an amount 8.0% lower than...

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