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Economic activity has a 0.3% increase in August, shows IBC-Br The Central Bank's Economic Activity Index (IBC-Br), an indicator used to track the evolution of the Brazilian economy, remained stable with a variation of 0.3% in August 2026 compared to July, the Central Bank reported this Friday (16). Compared to August 2025, the indicator registered a growth of 1.2%. In the last 12 months, the accumulated increase is 1.6%. Related news: Industry confidence rises in October, but sector remains pessimistic.The information that makes up the indicator covers the industry, services, and agriculture sectors, in addition to product taxes. In August, agriculture fell 1.8% compared to July. In the same period, industry advanced 0.9%, while the services sector varied 0.2%. Product taxes rose 0.1%. Excluding agriculture, the IBC-Br varied 0.3% in the month. According to the data released, the results for August, compared to July, were as follows: IBC-Br: 0.3% Agriculture: -1.8% Industry: 0.9% Services: 0.2% Taxes: 0.1% IBC-Br ex-agriculture: 0.3% Annual comparison In comparison with August 2025, the indicator showed an advance of 1.2%. In this type of comparison, the result shows that economic activity was above the level registered in the same month last year. Among the sectors, in comparison with the same period of the previous year, agriculture had an increase of 5.8%; services advanced 1.3%; industry grew 0.4% and taxes increased 0.3%. Without agriculture, the IBC-Br registered an increase of 0.9%. See the index variation compared to August 2025: IBC-Br: 1.2% Agriculture: 5.8% Industry: 0.4% Services: 1.3% Taxes: 0.3% IBC-Br ex-agriculture: 0.9% In the accumulated total for the first eight months of the year, the indicator registers a growth of 1.6%. In 12 months, the expansion is also 1.6%. In the quarter ended in August, compared to the quarter ended in May, the IBC-Br showed a negative variation of 0.6%. The index Considered a kind of thermometer for the economy, the IBC-Br brings together information from the industry, services, agriculture, and product tax sectors. The indicator is complementary to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and allows for more frequent monitoring of economic activity's evolution.
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