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Red tariff flag in electricity accelerates inflation in October November 10, 2017

Influenced by the average increase of 3.28% in electricity, inflation rose from 0.16% in September to 0.42%...

IPCA stays at 0.42% in October November 10, 2017

The Extended National Consumer Price Index - IPCA stayed at 0.42% in October, 0.26 percentage...

GDP falls 3.5% and reaches R$6 trillion November 09, 2017

The Gross Domestic Product - GDP reached R$5.996 trillion in 2015 and its drop in volume, compared with...

Periodic revision shows drop of 3.5% in GDP in 2015 November 09, 2017

The Gross Domestic Product - GDP registered R$5.996 trillion in 2015, and its drop in volume, in...

Stock of agricultural products totals 58.7 million metric tons in the first semester of 2017 November 09, 2017

The number of active establishments decreased 0.1%, moving from 7,829 in the second semester of...

Corn stock boosts in the first half of 2017 November 09, 2017

With a 56% increase, the stock of corn presented the highest proportional increase in relation to...

Harsh climatic conditions can affect 2018 harvest November 09, 2017

Grain harvest in Brazil is expected to amount to 220.2 million metric tons, 8.9% below the 2017...

IBGE expects grain harvest to be 8.9% smaller in 2018 November 09, 2017

The first estimate for the 2018 harvest presents an output estimate of 206.5 million metric tons...

Rio de Janeiro has the biggest industrial growth of September November 08, 2017

In September, the industrial production in Rio de Janeiro (8.7%) recorded the greatest regional...

Industry grows in 6 of the 14 places surveyed in September November 08, 2017

In the seasonally adjusted series, the growth in the pace of the industrial output in Brazil...

[Retratos] SDG 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions November 07, 2017

Significantly reduce all forms of violence; reduce corruption and bribery in all their forms;...

Cachaca, grapes and mangoes from Bahia have origin stamp November 06, 2017

The cachaca from Abaíra and table grapes and mangoes from the Sub-median Valley of the São...

Retratos: “Bring me a glass of water, I'm thirsty” November 03, 2017

Feeling thirsty is probably the most immediate perception of how essential water is to our...

Census of Agriculture: more than 1 million properties enumerated in the first month of collection November 01, 2017

With more than 20 thousand enumerators and supervisors at work, the first month of the Census of...

2017 Census of Agriculture: more than one million agricultural establishments enumerated so far November 01, 2017

In the first month of collection, the 18 thousand enumerators hired by the IBGE to work in the...

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...

Industrial output changes 0.2% in September November 01, 2017

In September 2017, industrial output in the country recorded an increase of 0.2% against the...

Informality increases, continues to reduce unemployment October 31, 2017

Of the 91.3 million employed persons in the quarter ended in September, 22.9 million persons were...

Continuous PNAD: unemployment rate is 12.4% in quarter ending in September October 31, 2017

The unemployment rate (12.4%) retreated 0.6 percentage points in the July-August-September 2017...

The art and statistics of food products October 30, 2017

Text: Pedro RenauxImage: Licia Rubinstein

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