A short guide to Brazilian macro data
Interested in activity, prices, monetary, fiscal, external sector, and financial data for Brazil? There are more than 400 datasets for Brazil (See for example this Repository). If you look for data about Brazil, you will probably find it there. However, this short guide will help you find the basic "must-see" datasets.
Brazil Country Profile Dashboard
The starting point is our Brazil Country Profile Dashboard, a fully automatized Dashboard presenting up-to-date data. You can catch a glimpse and get a broad idea of the latest developments.
The Charts are fully integrated with our datasets, so if you want to replicate any of them, you can download the source Dataset, or just click the button “Clone Chart” to reproduce the Chart inside our Platform.
The main sources for the data used on this Dashboard come from the Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the Central Bank of Brazil and the National Treasury Secretary (STN). The data is fully integrated with our database which means once the sources release the data, our database will be instantaneously updated on our platform.
Our Dashboard contains five sections: Activity, Prices, Money and Banking, Fiscal, External Sector and Financial.
Activity
To track the economic activity of the Brazilian Economy, you can monitor the evolution of GDP, Industrial Production, wages, and unemployment.
IBGE Quarterly Gross Domestic Product
BCB's Monthly estimate of Gross Domestic Product
IBGE's Industrial Physical Production by sections and industrial activities
IBGE's Monthly Household Survey Dataset
Prices
For prices and inflation, you can track the main inflation metrics for Brazil, such as the Core and Headline Inflation, and its groups. If you want to know everything about Brazil's Consumer Prices in Brazil, this Dataset is made for you.
For a very long historical dataset you can see FIPE's Sao Paulo Consumer Prices Index and for the IPCA you can use this dataset
Money and Banking
Money and banking data tracks variables, such as the Monetary Aggregates, Interest rates, and Credit. If you are curious about the Credit Interest Rates in Brazil, check it out this Dataset, spoiler: they are growing. Other relevant information is:
Fiscal
The Fiscal data tracks the evolution of the Fiscal Accounts of Brazil and the Debt over the GDP path. Check it out more information on the Brazil Public Debt in this Dataset.
Fiscal - Brazil - STN - Primary and Fiscal Result of the Central Government
Fiscal - Brazil - BCB - Public Sector and General Government Net Debt
External Sector
In the External Sector Section, you can track variables such as Balance of Payments, External Trade and the Exchanges Rates. For example, we have a dataset comparing the exchange rate between the Brazilian currency and the currency of multiple countries, check it out here.
BCB - Current Account - Balance of Trade
Financial
Finally, for Financial Data there is plenty of information about the Brazil Risk Premium, Brazil Stock Market, Government Bonds, and Equities. Beyond Brazil, we have a comprehensive dataset covering the Risk Premium for multiple countries, take a look here.