Brazil Leading Economic Index

Last Release

Sep 30, 2025

Actual

-0.2

Units In

0.4

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Dec 17, 2025

Time to Release

28 Days 12 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
5.06 Jun 2020	-9.92 Apr 2020	0.15 %	2003-2025	N/A

In Brazil, the Economic Activity Index (IBC-Br) is considered as a preview of the GDP figures and it is widely used by the Central Bank's Monetary Policy Committee to determine whether to modify basic interest rate. The index reflects the performance of the three main sectors of the economy: agriculture, industry and services and has a base value of 100 as of 2002.

Latest Updates

Brazil’s IBC-Br economic activity index fell 0.2% in September 2025 from the previous month, after a 0.4% rise in August. Industry contracted 0.7%, services slipped 0.1%, and taxes fell 0.6%, while the agriculture and livestock sector grew 1.5%. The IBC-Br excluding agriculture declined 0.4%. Compared with a year earlier, overall activity increased 2%.