Monthly macroeconomic indicators from the Brazilian Central Bank (Banco Central do Brasil), covering economic activity, inflation, industrial production, services, and oil production.
Format
A data frame with 279 rows and 5 variables:
- date
Date, first day of the month (YYYY-MM-DD)
- ibcbr_dessaz
IBC-Br dessazonalizado (Seasonally adjusted Central Bank Economic Activity Index). Monthly economic activity indicator that serves as a proxy for GDP, base 2002 = 100
- ipca
IPCA - Índice de Preços ao Consumidor Amplo (Broad Consumer Price Index). Monthly inflation rate in percent, official inflation measure used for monetary policy targeting
- ipi
IPI - Índice de Produção Industrial (Industrial Production Index). Measures monthly industrial production, base 2012 = 100
- oil
Produção de petróleo bruto (Crude oil production). Monthly crude oil production in thousands of barrels per day
Source
Brazilian Central Bank (Banco Central do Brasil) https://www3.bcb.gov.br/sgspub/
Details
The Brazilian Central Bank publishes these indicators through its Time Series Management System (SGS), under the codes below.
IPCA: 433
IPI: 21859
Oil production: 1389
IBC-Br (seasonally adjusted): 24364
Examples
if (FALSE) { # has_insper_fonts()
library(ggplot2)
# Plot inflation over time using insper_timeseries
recent_data <- subset(macro_series, date >= as.Date("2020-01-01"))
insper_timeseries(recent_data, x = date, y = ipca) +
labs(
title = "Brazilian Inflation (IPCA)",
subtitle = "Monthly rate in percent (2020-present)",
y = "IPCA (%)"
)
}