The service sector grew 0.9% in September and reached the fifth consecutive positive result. The accumulated gain in the period was 4.9%, according to data from the Monthly Service Survey (PMS), released today (11), by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).
The sector is 11.8% above the level of February 2020 (pre-pandemic) and reaches the new highest point of the historical series, surpassing November 2014.
Compared to September 2021, the volume of services rose 9.7%, the 19th consecutive positive rate. In this comparison, there was expansion in all five activities and growth in 63.3% of the 166 types of services investigated. “Among the sectors, transport, auxiliary transport services and mail (15.3%) exerted the main positive contribution to the total volume of services. The other advances came from information and communication services (6%); of professionals, administrative and complementary (6.9%); those provided to families (17.8%) and other services (2.6%)”, informed the IBGE.
In the year, the accumulated volume of services increased by 8.6% compared to the same period in 2021. In 12 months, it went from 9% in August to 8.9% in September, and continued on a downward trajectory started in April 2022, when it registered 12.8%.
“This higher frequency of positive rates is correlated with the return of face-to-face activities, such as services provided to families, car rental, some tourist activities and transport to bring the service sector to the level it is today”, he says. the research manager, Rodrigo Lobo. The technician also highlighted that the renewal of the historical series is also due to “services aimed at companies”.
The analyst added that both the transport and information and communication sectors are weighing more than 30 percentage points in services and, combined, they reached 65.8% of the sector. “The growth of these two activities, whether through information technology services or cargo transport, also the part of goods storage, logistics, transport, are those that made the service sector reach the level that it has become. finds in 2022”, he added.
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According to the survey, three of the five activities investigated followed the 0.9% increase in the volume of services in September 2022, compared to the previous month. Among the highlights, information and communication increased by 2%, being the third consecutive positive result, with an accumulated gain of 4.1%. “All the groups within the information and communication services showed growth”, informed the manager.
The other increases were in services provided to families with 1%, posting the seventh consecutive growth, with an accumulated gain of 11.7%; and in professionals, administrative and complementary services of 0.2%, which showed a lower behavior, with an aggregate gain of 0.3% in the last two months.
Within the services provided to families, PMS recorded an increase in the revenue of restaurant companies; hotels; catering and fitness activities. In administrative and complementary professional services, the increase was in car rental; engineering services; electronic payment solutions; business management consultancy; collection activities and registration information; management of intangible assets; and organization, promotion and management of fairs, congresses and conventions.
Tourist activities grew by 0.4% in September, the third consecutive positive result. In these three months, the segment accumulated a gain of 3.2% and is 0.7% above the level of February 2020. In addition, it was 6.7% below the highest point of the series, reached in February 2014. five of the 12 locations surveyed followed the 0.4% rise in national tourist activity. The positive highlights were Rio de Janeiro (2.6%), São Paulo (0.7%), Federal District (3.4%) and Pernambuco (1.6%). Minas Gerais (-1.5%) and Rio Grande do Sul (-3.2%) were the main declines.
After falling 0.5% in August, the volume of passenger transport in Brazil grew 1.6% in September. As a result, it is 1.6% above the level of February 2020 (pre-pandemic) and 21% below February 2014 (the highest point in the historical series).
Federation Units
Among the 27 federation units, 19 followed the progress of the national sector and increased the volume of services in September 2022, compared to August. The most relevant highlights were in Rio de Janeiro (0.7%), Santa Catarina (2.6%), Rio Grande do Sul (1%) and São Paulo (0.1%). The main negative influence was Paraná, with a drop of 2.3%, followed by Pernambuco, with a decrease of 1.6% and Minas Gerais, with a decrease of 0.2%.
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The indicators produced by the PMS allow, according to the IBGE, to monitor the conjunctural behavior of the service sector in the country, with analyzes “of the gross revenue from services in companies formally constituted, with 20 or more people employed, whose main activity is a service”. non-financial, excluding the areas of health and education”.
