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Industrial Survey
Industrial activity on a sharper downturn in April
May 27, 2020 - The impacts of the crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic had already been felt in March, when demand plunged and forced a reduction - unprecedented until then - in industrial activity. In April, the effects on activity became more intense and even more widespread among companies, so industrial activity recorded a new contraction.
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Construction Industry Survey
Fast and steep decline in construction
May 27, 2020 - The negative impacts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have already hit the construction industry sector. The index measuring actual-usual inventory levels fell to 25.5 points, it's marked the second lowest point in the series
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Industrial Indicators
Pandemic led to a decline in activity, revenues and employment in industry
May 21, 2020 - In March 2020 against February, industry revenues declined in real terms by 4.8%, hours worked in production decreased by 1.8% and industrial employment dropped by 0.7%. Capacity Utilization fell 2.5 percentage points, to 76%, hitting the second lowest level in the series.
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Brazilian Industry in Figures
May 20, 2020 - Selected short-term and structural indicators – production, level of inventories, business confidence, costs, and productivity, among others. In May 2020, the Business Confidence Index kept a record low level, at 34.7 points. The lack of confidence is a reflex of the slowdown in economic activity due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and the uncertainty that it brings.
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ICEI-Business Confidence Index
Business confidence remains at all-time low
May 18, 2020 - The Business Confidence Index (ICEI) remained virtually unchanged between April and May 2020 as it edged up from 34.5 points to 34.7 points. With this result, the ICEI remains at its lowest point in the series.
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