Tag: IBGE statistics

• Saturday, November 12th 2022 - 12:58 UTC

  Race plays a key role in personal development, Brazil's IBGE finds

  

  A study released Friday by Brazil's Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) showed that the average income of white workers was 75.7% higher than that of Afrodescendant people. White individuals have also been less affected by unemployment, the report pointed out.

• Wednesday, May 15th 2019 - 08:21 UTC

  Services sector activity in Brazil slides 0.7% in March and 1.75% in the first quarter

  

  Activity in Brazil’s services sector fell 0.7% in March from the month before, government statistics agency IBGE said on Tuesday, a decline far greater than expected and another strong sign that the economy contracted in the first quarter.

• Wednesday, September 4th 2013 - 01:31 UTC

  Brazilean production in all four industry categories down in July

  

  Brazilian industrial output was down 2% in July from June this year. The information was released this Tuesday in the Monthly Industrial Survey by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics IBGE.

• Wednesday, September 4th 2013 - 01:26 UTC

  Brazil's inflation tendency again picks up as food and transport prices rebound

  

  Brazil’s twelve-month inflation ended August at its lowest level this year, according to a central bank survey of fourteen economists. This means the 12-month IPCA consumer-price index is likely to weigh in at 6.10% for August, down from 6.27% at the end of July.

• Saturday, August 31st 2013 - 02:01 UTC

  Sigh of relief for Mantega: Brazilian economy expands 1.5% in second quarter

  

  Brazil’s economy expanded 1.5% in the second quarter of 2013 compared with the previous three month, exceeding the most optimistic market expectations, official statistics showed Friday. The farm sector fared best, growing 3.9%, followed by industry with 2% and services 0.8% according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) website.

• Friday, August 16th 2013 - 03:04 UTC

  Brazil's June economic activity picked up, but recovery remains fragile

  

  Brazil's economic activity grew at a slightly slower pace than expected in June despite strong industrial output, data showed on Thursday. The central bank's IBC-Br index climbed 1.13% in June from May in seasonally adjusted terms, up from a decline of 1.50% in the previous month.

• Saturday, May 25th 2013 - 05:11 UTC

  Brazil’s employment rate remains stable but job creation slowed in recent months

  

  Brazil's jobless rate rose slightly in April for the fourth straight month but remained near record lows, suggesting that tight labour conditions bolstered a gradual recovery and fed into inflation, statistics agency IBGE said this week.

• Wednesday, May 8th 2013 - 16:57 UTC

  Brazilian inflation during April just managed to keep to the government’s target

  

  Inflation in Brazil during April climbed 0.55% over March (0.47%) and accumulated 6.49% in the last twelve months which is just below the government’s upper limit target of 4.5% to 6.5%, according to the latest release from the country’s Geography and Statistics National Institute, IBGE.

• Friday, February 22nd 2013 - 01:51 UTC

  Brazilian economy expanded 1.35% in 2012 and 4% is projected for this year

  

  Brazil's economy grew 1.35% in 2012, above the market forecast of 1 percent, according to the Central Bank estimate. The official and final figure will be released by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) on March 1.

• Wednesday, December 5th 2012 - 20:06 UTC

  Brazilian industrial output expands in October, first annual increase in over a year

  

  Brazilian industrial output posted its first annual increase in more than a year in October as a tax break on autos helped support a nascent recovery in the country's beleaguered manufacturing sector.