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One out of every four unemployed workers has been looking for a job for at least 2 years August 15, 2019

More than one-fourth (26.2%) of the unemployed persons in Brazil have been looking for a job for...

Quarterly Continuous PNAD: unemployment decreases in 10 of the 27 Federation Units in Q2 2019 August 15, 2019

The unemployment rate in the country in Q2 2019 was 12.0%, having fallen in both comparisons: -0.7...

Cattle slaughter increases, reaches 8 million head in Q2 August 14, 2019

Cattle slaughter reached 8.08 million head in the second quarter of the year, an increase of 2.4%...

Quarterly livestock surveys – first results: cattle, pigs and hogs, and chicken slaughter rise in annual comparison August 14, 2019

Cattle slaughter rose 4.1%, pigs and hogs slaughter increased 5.1% and that of chicken rose 3.6%...

Art in maps shows transformations from colonial Brazil up to the present August 12, 2019

Far beyond representation, maps from the colonial period of Brazil display information about...

Volume of services down 1% in June with drops in all activities August 09, 2019

The volume of services had the fourth and sharpest drop in the year, falling 1% in June, compared...

In June, services sector shrinks (-1.0%) August 09, 2019

The volume of services in Brazil shrank 1.0% in June 2019, in comparison with the previous month...

Estimates point to record harvest, pushed by corn production, in 2019 August 08, 2019

The estimates of July for the 2019 harvest point to an output of 239.7 million metric tons of...

IBGE: in July, estimate for the 2019 harvest is 5.8% August 08, 2019

In July, the national output of cereal, legumes and oilseeds for 2019 was estimated at 239.7...

Even with the rise in electricity, inflation is the lowest for July in five years August 08, 2019

The rise of 4.48% in the electricity fare in July pressed the inflation, which changed from 0.01%...

IPCA stays at 0.19% in July August 08, 2019

The Extended National Consumer Price Index - IPCA stayed at 0.19% in July, 0.18 percentage points...

São Paulo drives 0.68% increase in civil construction costs in July August 08, 2019

The National Index of Construction (Sinapi), released today by the IBGE, grew 0.68% in July, an...

National Index of Civil Construction increases 0.68% in July August 08, 2019

The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi) changed 0.68% in July, 0.33 percentage points...

Industry has negative output in 10 of 15 places surveyed in June August 07, 2019

According to the data from the Monthly Industrial Survey Regional, released today by the IBGE, the...

Sales hold steady, but sector loses pace in the first half of the year August 07, 2019

The volume of sales was stable in June, with a slight growth of 0.1%. Compared to June 2018, the...

Retail sales changes 0.1% in June August 07, 2019

In June 2019, the volume of sales of the retail trade stood virtually stable, with a change of 0.1%...

Industrial output drops in 10 of 15 places surveyed in June August 07, 2019

In the seasonally-adjusted series, ten out of the 15 places surveyed registered negative rates...

Booming, organic farming gathers all elements of sustainable production August 05, 2019

Data from the IBGE´s Census of Agriculture unveil that the number of agricultural establishments...

Industrial production falls 0.6% in June, recording the second negative month August 01, 2019

The 0.6% decrease in production in June took the national industry to the second month of negative results...

Industrial production changes -0.6% in June August 01, 2019

In June 2019, the national industrial production fell 0.6% over May (seasonally-adjusted series)....

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