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Continuous PNAD: unemployment rate is 12.5% and underutilization rate is 24.9% in quarter ended in April 2019 May 31, 2019

In the quarter ended in April 2019, the unemployment rate (12.5%) changed 0.5 percentage points...

GDP falls 0.2% in first quarter pressed by mining industry May 30, 2019

In the seasonally-adjusted series, the national Gross Domestic Product - GDP dropped 0.2% in the...

GDP has negative result of 0.2% in Q1 2019 May 30, 2019

In the seasonally-adjusted series, the Gross Domestic Product - GDP retreated (-0.2%) in the first...

IBGE releases 2019 version of the Digital National Atlas of Brazil May 29, 2019

The IBGE released today (May 29) the updated version of the Digital National Atlas of Brazil,...

Construction industry loses 93.6 thousand workers and 564 enterprises in 2017 May 29, 2019

The construction industry lost about 93.6 thousand employed persons and closed 564 enterprises...

PAIC 2017: Infrastructure works and public sector lose share in construction industry May 29, 2019

The activity of construction produced R$280 billion in the value of real estate development, works and...

Producer prices register third rise in a row, increase 1.27% in April May 29, 2019

Compared with March, the industry registered an inflation of 1.27% in April, influenced by the...

Producer Price Index increases 1.27% in April May 29, 2019

The prices of the overall industry changed 1.27% in April, a result below that reported in March...

Inflation preview drops to 0.35% in May, but hits the month's record over the last 3 years May 24, 2019

Transportation and health products were the highlights in the Extended National Consumer Price...

IPCA-15 was 0.35% in May May 24, 2019

The Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15) was 0.35% in May, quite below April's result...

Daily water distribution hits 87.1% of the Central West after water crisis May 22, 2019

In 2018, 87.1% of the housing units in the Central West had daily water supply, differently from...

Continuous PNAD: water supply increases in the Central West in 2018, but remains below the 2016 level May 22, 2019

From 2016 to 2017, the Central West Region had recorded a decrease from 94.7% to 81.7% in the...

Public notice opens 209 posts for enumerators and agents of Census Dress Rehearsal May 21, 2019

As of tomorrow (22), enrollment for 209 temporary posts of enumerators and census agents is open....

IBGE will represent Brazil in UN Statistical Commission for the next 4 years May 21, 2019

The IBGE will represent Brazil in the UN Statistical Commission for the next four years...

Underutilization in 12 states and in the Federal District records highest result in seven years May 16, 2019

The underutilization rate in the first quarter was the highest in the last seven years in 13 of...

Quarterly Continuous PNAD: unemployment increases in 14 of the 27 Federation Units in Q1 2019 May 16, 2019

In Brazil, the unemployment rate of Q1 2019 was 12.7%, 1.1 percentage points above that of the...

IBGE updates list of municipalities that integrate Brazilian territorial divisions (2) May 15, 2019

The IBGE once again updated the list of municipalities comprising the Metropolitan Areas (RMs),...

Services sector falls 0.7% in March and racks up three months of negative results May 14, 2019

In March, the services sector fell 0.7%, the thirds consecutive drop in the comparison with the...

Livestock quarterly surveys - first results: slaughter of cattle, pigs and hogs remains growing May 14, 2019

Cattle slaughter rose 0.3%, pigs and hogs slaughter increased 5.2% and that of chicken dropped...

Services sector falls 0.7% in March May 14, 2019

The volume of services fell 0.7% in March 2019, in the comparison with February. As a result, the...

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