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  1. · Interest ratesThe Copom stopped cutting; defaults did not stop rising

    Since the first Selic cut in March, delinquency rose from 4.52% to 4.98%. In August it hit 5.05%, the highest since 2011.

  2. · Politics58% of the state deputies elected in 2026 had already been elected in 2022

    Of the 1,059 seats in the state Legislative Assemblies and the Federal District's Legislative Chamber, 618 went to people who had already been elected deputy in 2022.

  3. · PoliticsAcre elected no women to its state assembly in 2026; nationwide, they are 20.6%

    Of the 1,059 seats in the state Legislative Assemblies and the Federal District's Legislative Chamber, 218 will be held by women from 2027.

  4. · Interest ratesWith Galípolo at the Central Bank, the average real interest rate is 9.2%, the highest since Armínio Fraga

    From January 2025 to September 2026, the real interest rate averaged 9.2% a year, the highest since Armínio Fraga's term.

  5. · PoliticsA federal deputy from São Paulo represents 8 times as many people as one from Roraima

    The rule of at least 8 and at most 70 deputies per state makes a São Paulo vote weigh 8 times less than a Roraima vote in the Chamber.

  6. · EconomySão Paulo produced 31.5% of Brazil's GDP in 2023, more than the 20 smallest states combined

    Each block is a state, sized by its share of GDP: São Paulo alone outweighs the 20 smallest combined.

  7. · PoliticsOf every 100 federal deputies elected in 2026, 21 are women

    109 women were elected, the most in history, but barely more than a fifth of the Chamber.

  8. · ElectionsLula lost the runoff in all 9 states where labor income is above the national average

    The 13 states Lula won have labor income below the national average; in the 9 above it, Flávio Bolsonaro won.

  9. · InflationIn 5 of the last 9 years, August's IPCA was negative

    Each square is a month: August is the month of deflation in 5 of the last 9 years.

  10. · SocietyPoverty fell to 26.5% of the population in 2024, the lowest since 2012

    From 38.9% in 2021 to 26.5% in 2024: poverty is at the lowest level in the series.

  11. · Brazil69% of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities have fewer than 20,000 inhabitants

    Half of the municipalities have up to 11,000 inhabitants; the 41 with more than 500,000 hold 29% of the population.

  12. · LaborOf 175.6 million people aged 14 or older, 64.7 million have formal jobs

    From everyone of working age to formal employment, step by step.

  13. · LaborOnly two sectors have fewer people working than in 2019: agriculture and domestic service

    The country has 10.5 million more employed people than in 2019; agriculture and domestic service shrank.

  14. · SocietyThe birth rate among teenage mothers has fallen by half since 2000

    From 80.6 to 39.0 births per 1,000 girls aged 15 to 19: a 52% drop in 23 years.

  15. · Labor2025 unemployment was the lowest since 2012 in 19 of Brazil's 27 states

    From 2021 to 2025, unemployment fell in all 27 states; in 19 of them, it reached the lowest level in the PNAD Contínua.

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