Brazil IBC-Br Economic Activity Index  2003-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar

The IBC-Br index of economic activity in Brazil rose 0.46 percent month-over-month in April of 2018, compared to a downwardly revised 0.51 percent contraction in March and slightly below market expectations of a 0.50 percent growth. It was the first expansion after three consecutive declines. Year-on-year, the Brazilian economy advanced 3.70 percent on a non-seasonally adjusted basis, after shrinking 0.55 percent in March. Leading Economic Index in Brazil averaged 0.18 percent from 2003 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 1.93 percent in January of 2004 and a record low of -3.16 percent in December of 2008.

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Calendar GMT Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2018-04-16 11:30 AM IBC-BR Economic Activity 0.09% -0.56% 0.2%
2018-05-16 11:30 AM IBC-BR Economic Activity -0.74% -0.10% -0.1% -0.1%
2018-06-15 11:30 AM IBC-BR Economic Activity 0.46% -0.51% 0.5% -0.6%
2018-07-14 12:00 PM IBC-BR Economic Activity 0.46% -1.4%
2018-08-17 11:30 AM IBC-BR Economic Activity 0.1%
2018-09-14 12:00 PM IBC-BR Economic Activity 0.4%


Brazil Business Last Previous Highest Lowest Unit
Business Confidence 55.50 56.70 68.50 35.00 Index Points [+]
Manufacturing PMI 50.70 52.30 53.50 41.60 [+]
Services PMI 49.50 50.00 57.10 36.90 Index Points [+]
Composite Pmi 49.70 50.60 55.50 38.30 Index [+]
Industrial Production 8.90 1.20 37.20 -27.70 percent [+]
Industrial Production Mom 0.80 -0.10 25.10 -24.40 percent [+]
Manufacturing Production 10.20 1.70 18.90 -17.00 percent [+]
Capacity Utilization 78.10 78.20 84.60 76.10 percent [+]
Changes in Inventories 24311.98 -28869.36 31625.46 -46915.54 BRL Million [+]
Total Vehicle Sales 171003.00 178699.00 352722.00 23705.00 [+]
Car Production 212294.00 266140.00 352531.00 2144.00 Units [+]
Car Registrations 202.00 217.00 420.00 2.00 Thousand [+]
Leading Economic Index 0.46 -0.51 1.93 -3.16 percent [+]
Small Business Sentiment 53.00 53.60 65.40 34.50 [+]
Internet Speed 6819.06 6391.73 6819.06 698.35 KBps [+]
IP Addresses 26855780.00 26798386.00 35093076.00 5857696.00 IP [+]
Mining Production 0.10 -2.00 21.40 -21.40 percent [+]
Competitiveness Index 4.14 4.06 4.40 3.98 Points [+]
Competitiveness Rank 80.00 81.00 81.00 48.00 [+]
Ease of Doing Business 125.00 123.00 129.00 111.00 [+]
Corruption Index 37.00 40.00 43.00 27.00 Points [+]
Corruption Rank 96.00 79.00 96.00 36.00 [+]
Steel Production 2949.00 3065.00 3269.00 918.00 Thousand Tonnes [+]


Brazil IBC-Br Economic Activity Index

In Brazil, the Economic Activity Index (IBC-Br) is considered as a preview of the GDP figures and it is widely used by the Central Bank's Monetary Policy Committee to determine whether to modify basic interest rate. The index reflects the performance of the three main sectors of the economy: agriculture, industry and services and has a base value of 100 as of 2002. This page provides the latest reported value for - Brazil Leading Economic Index - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Brazil IBC-Br Economic Activity Index - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on June of 2018.

Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
0.46 -0.51 1.93 -3.16 2003 - 2018 percent Monthly
SA 2002=100




leading economic index by Country
Country Last
Australia 0.20 Apr/18
Brazil 0.46 Apr/18
Canada 0.30 Mar/18
China 100.53 Dec/17
Japan 105.60 Apr/18
Mexico -0.80 Mar/18
Russia 1.70 Apr/18
South Korea 112.30 Apr/18
Turkey 4.42 Jan/18
United States 122.91 Apr/18


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