THE Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) It was reported this Tuesday morning (4) that Brazil's industrial production had a negative monthly variation of 1.8% in June 2026, compared to a drop of 0.9% in May (revised data from -0.2%). The market expectation was for a contraction of 0.7%. Compared to June 2025, industry grew 1.7%, after a variation of 0.2% in May. The annual performance was also worse than expected by the market (+3.0%). The accumulated growth for the year was 1.5% compared to the first six months of last year. In the last 12 months, there was an advance of 0.7%.

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