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Retail sales change by -0.2% in January and half of the activities record decrease March 12, 2021

Retail trade in the country leveled off in January, against the December 2020 figure, with a...

Retail sales change by -0.2% in January March 12, 2021

In January 2021, retail trade in Brazil changed by -0.2%, from December, in the...

Construction costs decelerate to 1.33% in February March 11, 2021

The National Civil Construction Index (Sinapi) stayed at 1.33% in February, 0.66 percentage points below...

National Index of Civil Construction stays at 1.33% in February March 11, 2021

The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi) stayed at 1.33% in February, 0.66 percentage...

In February, IBGE forecasts record harvest of 263.1 million tonnes for 2021 March 11, 2021

In February, the output of cereals, legumes and oilseeds estimated for 2021 hit another record and...

2021 harvest estimates 263.1 million tonnes, 3.5% bigger than 2020 March 11, 2021

The national harvest of grains for 2021 should stay 9.0 million tonnes above the 2020 harvest. It...

Inflation advances 0.86% in February, greatest high for the month since 2016 March 11, 2021

Driven by fuel rise, February’s inflation was 0.86%, above that of January (0.25%). It is the...

IPCA was 0.86% in February March 11, 2021

The Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA) of February was 0.86% - up 0.61 percentage...

With pandemic, 20 states have record average unemployment rate in 2020 March 10, 2021

The average unemployment rate in 2020 was a record in 20 Brazilian states, following the national...

Industrial production grows in seven of the 15 surveyed places in January March 10, 2021

Industrial production rose in seven of the 15 places surveyed by the IBGE in January 2021,...

In January, industry advances in seven of the 15 places surveyed March 10, 2021

With the 0.4% increase in the national industry, from December 2020 to January 2021, in the...

Continuous PNAD - quarterly edition: unemployment retreats in 5 of 27 FUs in Q4 2020 March 10, 2021

The unemployment rate in Brazil was 13.9% in the fourth quarter of 2020, falling 0.7 percentage...

After a leveled-off result in December, services sector grows 0.6% in January March 09, 2021

The sector of services grew 0.6% in January, after a leveled-off result in December. That is the...

Volume of services increased by 0.6% in January March 09, 2021

In January 2021, volume of services increased by 0.6% from December 2020 (0.0%), in the seasonally adjusted...

Renowned professionals acknowledge the importance of enumerators March 08, 2021

The 2021 Population Census will employ 181,898 enumerators, professionals who will visit every...

Industrial output grows 0.4% in January, registers ninth rise in a row March 05, 2021

The national industrial output grew for the ninth consecutive month and advanced 0.4% in January...

Industrial output advances 0.4% in January March 05, 2021

In the seasonally-adjusted series, the industrial output grew 0.4% in January 2021 against...

Employment-population ratio is lower among women with children up to three years of age March 04, 2021

The presence of children up to three years of age in households is related to the lower work...

Gender Statistics: women’s employment is lower in households with children up to three years of age March 04, 2021

In 2019, employment-population ratio among women aged 25 to 49 living in households with children...

GDP grows 3.2% in Q4 but closes the year falling 4.1%, the greatest drop in 25 years March 03, 2021

The country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) advanced 3.2% in the fourth quarter of 2020, but closed the...

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