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Employment remains stable, but underutilized population is the biggest since 2012 June 28, 2019

Unemployment remained stable and reached 13 million persons in the quarter ended in May, but the...

Continuous PNAD: unemployment rate is 12.3% underutilization rate reaches 25.0% in the quarter ended in May 2019 June 28, 2019

In the quarter ended in 2019, the unemployment rate (12.3%) stayed stable in relation to the...

Trade sector increases hiring in 2017, but does not make up for three-year losses June 27, 2019

The trade sector employed 10.2 million persons in 2017, which means 98.2 thousand employed persons more...

PAC 2017: number of employed persons in trade increases 29.9% in ten years June 27, 2019

Between 2008 and 2017, the number of persons employed in trade activities increased 29.9%, with a...

Number of enterprises drops for second year, returns to level of beginning of decade June 26, 2019

The number of enterprises in activity in the country was 5 million in 2017, the worst result since...

CEMPRE 2017: Salaried persons with higher education in enterprises and other organizations grow 53.8% between 2009 and 2017 June 26, 2019

The number of enterprises and other organizations in Brazil fell 0.4% in 2017, which represented a...

Inflation forecast decelerates to 0.06% in June, the lowest rate for the month June 25, 2019

Declines in food and fuel prices helped slow down the Extended National Consumer Price Index 15...

IPCA-15 changes 0.06% in June IPCA-E stays at 1.13% June 25, 2019

The Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15) changed by 0.06% in June, decelerating in...

Education indicators are up, but racial and regional inequalities still remain June 19, 2019

Despite the advances in literacy figures, in the schooling level of children and youth and in the...

Continuous PNAD 2018: education advances in the country, but racial and regional inequalities remain June 19, 2019

The results from the Education module of the Continuous Household Sample Survey (Continuous PNAD) show...

Events boost services sector and contribute to an increase of 0.3% in May June 13, 2019

Shows and performances taking place in April contributed to an increase of 0.3% in the sector of...

Milk acquisition hits 6.2 billion liters and has the best Q1 since 1997 June 13, 2019

In the first three months of 2019, the country's milk acquisition reached 6.2 billion liters, the...

Milk acquisition grows 3.0% in the comaprison and has the best first quarter since 1997 June 13, 2019

The Quarterly Surveys of Livestock show that, in the first quarter of 2019, 6.2 billion liters of...

In April, service sector grows 0.3% June 13, 2019

In April, the services sector in Brazil showed a positive change of 0.3% compared to the previous...

Sales drop 0.6% in April, retail loses strength after two months stable June 12, 2019

Volume of sales of the retail dropped 0.6% in April in relation to March, after two months of...

Retail sales retreat (-0.6%) in April June 12, 2019

In the seasonally-adjusted series, volume of sales of the retail retreated 0.6% in April 2019...

Second crop of corn expected to hit new record of 68.2 million tonnes June 11, 2019

The estimated harvest for the second crop of corn in 2019 is 68.2 million tonnes. That figure...

Agricultural storage capacity stays at 169.5 million tonnes in second semester of 2018 June 11, 2019

The total storage capacity available in Brazil in active establishments in the Survey of Stocks...

Production stoppage makes industry in Pará get the worst result in 17 years June 11, 2019

Production stoppage in the mining and quarrying sector caused the industry of Pará to drop 30.3%...

In April, industry grows in 10 of the 15 places surveyed June 11, 2019

The increase of 0.3% in the industrial production in April 2019, in the seasonally-adjusted...

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