Brasília – Real industrial revenues grew 1.9% in September, in comparison with the previous month, and accumulate expansion of 11.3% a year, as against the same period in 2009. The identification is part of the Industrial Indices research, disclosed on Wednesday (4) by the National Confederation of Industries (CNI). As against 2008, prior to the crisis, when the historic record was identified, industrial revenues rose 3.5%.
In the seasonally-adjusted figures for August, there was a reduction of 0.4% in hours worked. There has been growth of 5.3% in the number of work posts, in comparison with the same month in 2009. Average real revenues grew 0.5%, in the seasonally-adjusted results for August, and 7.1% in comparison with September 2009.
According to the CNI, this also contributed to the 1.1% expansion in wages paid, not seasonally-adjusted. "On the side of employment, the picture is positive, and may be seen as an expectation of continued growth for coming months, as new workers generate greater consumption," said the executive manager at the CNI, Flávio Castelo Branco, referring to the fact that the labour market is still expanding, a trajectory that has been observed since mid 2009.
According to the CNI study, there has been a reduction in the installed capacity of industries that, in the seasonally adjusted results, dropped from 82.2% in August to 80.5% in September.
*Translated by Mark Ament
