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GDP drops 9.7% in Q2 2020 September 01, 2020

In the seasonally-adjusted series, the Gross Domestic Product - GDP dropped 9.7% in the second...

After a period away due to the pandemic, 1.1 million persons go back to work in the first week of August August 28, 2020

About 1.1 million persons away from work due to social distancing during the Covid-19 pandemic...

PNAD COVID19: 5.7% of the employed population were away from work due to social distancing in the first week of August August 28, 2020

That proportion fell against the previous week (7.1%) and the first week of the survey, from May 3...

Unemployment up in 11 states in Q2, but down in Amapá and Pará August 28, 2020

The unemployment rate in the second quarter increased in 11 states and remained stable in 14; only...

Quarterly Continuous PNAD: unemployment grows in 11 FUs in Q2 of 2020, but falls in Pará and Amapá August 28, 2020

The unemployment rate of the country in the 2nd quarter of 2020 was of 13.3%, an increase of 1.1...

PAS 2018: services sector had 1.3 million enterprises, revenue of R$1.6 trillion and employed 12.6 million persons August 27, 2020

In 2018, the services sector had 1.3 million enterprises, which produced a net operating revenue...

Services sectors is back to generating jobs in 2018, after three years shutting job positions August 27, 2020

The number of employed persons in the services sector increased in 2018, after three years in a...

IBGE estimates Brazilian population at 211.8 million inhabitants August 27, 2020

According to the Population Estimates released today (27) by the IBGE for the 5,570...

IBGE releases population estimate of municipalities for 2020 August 27, 2020

The IBGE released today the estimates of the resident population for the 5,570 Brazilian...

IBGE and INE: similar challenges and strategies to keep surveys going on during the pandemic August 26, 2020

The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) held, on Friday (8/21), a Special...

Union membership down to 11.2% in 2019, a drop led by the public sector August 26, 2020

Workers affiliated to unions were 1.2% of the employed population in the country, amounting to...

Despite increasing employment, union membership trends down in Brazil in 2019 August 26, 2020

In 2019, 11.2% (or 10.6 million) workers in the country were union members, with a rate below that of...

August inflation preview stands at 0.23 with high in fuel prices August 25, 2020

The Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15), released today by the IBGE, stood at...

IPCA-15 changes 0.23% in August August 25, 2020

The National Extended Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15) changed 0.23% in August, after registering 0.30% in...

Selecting online, ENCE enrolls for Master and PhD August 24, 2020

Due to the measures of social distancing to control the Covid-19 pandemic, the entire selection...

IBGE, CFC to make national release on importance of enterprises and accountants answering structural surveys August 21, 2020

The IBGE met last Tuesday, 18, with the Federal Council of Accounting - CFC in order to make a...

Brazilians with lower income consume more rice and beans than processed food August 21, 2020

Rice, beans, French roll, cassava flour, corn and fresh fish are more present in households with...

Consumption of saturated fat drops in 10 years, intake of sugar and salt still high August 21, 2020

The diet of Brazilians has changed in ten years, which managed to change the consumption profile...

POF 2017-2018: Brazilians still maintain diet based on rice and beans, consumption of fruits and legumes below expected August 21, 2020

In the analysis of the percentage of persons who consumed any amount of food reported in 24 hours...

13.3 million persons had been tested for Covid-19 by July August 20, 2020

About 13.3 million persons (6.3% of the population) had been tested for Covid-19 by July and a...

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