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Trade is back to growth in May, recording the biggest high in sales in the last 20 years July 08, 2020

The volume of retail sales grew 13.9% in May, the highest growth since the beginning of the time...

Industrial production increases in 12 of the 15 places surveyed in May July 08, 2020

The Brazilian industrial activity increased in May in 12 of the 15 locations analyzed by the...

In June, IBGE expects rise of 2.5% in 2020 harvest July 08, 2020

In June, the production of cereals, legumes and oilseeds for 2020 was estimated at 247.4 million...

More than one million persons could have returned to work in the 2nd week of June July 03, 2020

The number of employed persons who were temporarily away from work due to social distancing fell...

Three million persons with symptoms of flu syndrome looked for health establishments between June 7-13 July 03, 2020

This contingent remained stable in relation to the previous week (2.8 million), but it decreased...

Company's image is the main reason for environmental innovations July 03, 2020

The implementation of innovations with environmental benefits has been motivated, mainly, by...

PINTEC Sustainability: 40.6% of innovative enterprises introduced positive environmental-impact innovations July 03, 2020

Between 2015 and 2017, 40.6% of the 39,329 innovative companies introduced product and/or process...

Industry grows 7.0% in May, after two months of decline with the pandemic July 02, 2020

The national industrial production increased 7.0% in May 2020 compared to April. Growth, however,...

Industrial production advances 7.0% in May July 02, 2020

In May 2020, industrial production grew 7.0% compared to April 2020 (seasonally-adjusted series),...

Industry inflation accelerates in May due to rise of food prices July 01, 2020

Industry prices rose 1.22% in May against the previous month, the highest figure since May 2019,...

Producer Price Index (IPP) changes by 1.22% in May July 01, 2020

In May 2020, industry prices rose 1.22% against the April 2020 figure. The cumulative index in the...

For the first time ever, less than half persons at working age is employed June 30, 2020

The percentage of employed persons in the population at working age reached 49.5% in the quarter...

Continuous PNAD: unemployment rate is 12.9% and underutilization rate is 27.5% in quarter ending in May 2020 June 30, 2020

The unemployment rate (12.9%) in the moving quarter ended in May 2020 increased 1.2 percentage...

Endorsed by scientific community, IBGE coordinates Brazilian relief standardization June 29, 2020

In an attempt to uniformize the several ways in which the Brazilian relief has been represented,...

More than 76% of resources of Emergency Aid reached the lowest income strata in May June 29, 2020

The IBGE´s Monthly PNAD COVID19 unveils that, of the 68 million existing households in Brazil,...

IBGE updates Map of the Legal Amazon June 29, 2020

The IBGE releases, today, Legal Amazon Boundaries for 2019, based on the update of the region's...

Number of people with flu-like symptoms who sought health care in the first week of June falls June 26, 2020

The number of people with flu-like symptoms who sought medical assistance at health facilities in...

2.8 million persons with flu-like symptoms sought health care between May 31 and June 6 June 26, 2020

This amount decreased in relation to the previous week (3.6 million) and over the first week of...

Supermarkets lead revenue and employment generation ranking in 2018 June 26, 2020

The sector of hyper and supermarkets generated most jobs in 2018 and employed 45.7 thousand...

PAC 2018: Brazil has 1.5 million trade companies generating a total net revenue of R$ 3.7 trillion June 26, 2020

Between 2009 and 2018, the number of employed persons in trade companies increased by 19.7%,...

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