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...

PNAD Covid19: by July, 13.3 million persons had been tested for coronavirus in Brazil August 20, 2020

From the beginning of the pandemic to July 2020, about 13.3 million persons in the country (or...

IBGE includes meso-region and micro-region territorial divisions in 2017 Census of Agriculture data August 18, 2020

Data from the 2017 Census of Agriculture with territorial divisions of meso-regions and...

Enterprise Pulse Survey: 44.8% of enterprises were negatively affected by the pandemic in the first half of July August 18, 2020

Of the 2.8 million enterprises in operation in the first half of July, 44.8% reported that the...

Four out of every 10 enterprises still undergo the negative effects of Covid-19 in the first half of July August 18, 2020

Of the 2.8 million enterprises operating in Brazil in the first half of July, 44.8% perceived a...

Seminar recalls 40 years of IPCA, discusses future of inflation measurement August 14, 2020

Due to pandemic, 3 million persons got jobless in Brazil August 14, 2020

As shown in the weekly edition of PNAD COVID19, released today (14) by the IBGE, nearly three...

PNAD COVID19: 7.1% of employed population was away from work due to social distancing in the fourth week of July August 14, 2020

This proportion remained statistically stable in relation to the previous week (7.5%) and dropped...

Slaughter of hogs and pigs up in Q2 of 2020 reaching 12 million animals August 13, 2020

Livestock production in Brazil fell in the slaughter of cattle and chickens in the second quarter...

After four months of decrease, services grow 5% in June August 13, 2020

The services sector advanced 5% from May to June and interrupted a sequence of negative rates in...