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National Index of Civil Construction changes 0.18% in January February 07, 2013

The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), estimated by IBGE in partnership with CAIXA, recorded...

IPCA of January stands at 0.86% February 07, 2013

The Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA) of January increased 0.86% and stood above...

Brazilian agroindustry falls 1.6% February 06, 2013

The Brazilian agroindustry declined 1.6% in terms of the cumulative index in 2012, a figure lower than...

In 2012, industrial output drops in nine of the 14 places surveyed February 06, 2013

Between November and December 2012, the stability of the production level in the industry was also seen in the areas, since seven places recorded...

Producer Price Index (IPP) changes 0.30% in December and closes 2012 at 7.16% January 30, 2013

The Producer Price Index (IPP) changed 0.30% in December over the previous year. This result was...

IPCA-15 stays at 0.88% in January January 23, 2013

The Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15) changed 0.88% in January...

Retail sales change by 0.3% in November January 15, 2013

In November 2012, retail trade in the country recorded positive change of 0.3% in volume of sales...

Industrial employment remains unchanged in November January 11, 2013

In November 2012, the total salaried employed persons of industry remained unchanged (0.0%) versus the figure in the immediately previous month,...

IPCA of December stays at 0.79% and closes 2012 at 5.84% January 10, 2013

The Extended Consumer Price Index (IPCA) rose 0.79% in December, staying 0.19 percentage points above November’s rate (0.60%). It is the highest...

Industrial output falls in six of the 14 places in November January 09, 2013

The evolution of the quarterly moving average of the national overall showed negative change of 0.4% in the quarter ended in November over the level...

Industrial output fell by 0.6% in November January 04, 2013

Sixteen of the 27 subsectors surveyed recorded decrease in November The decrease of 0.6% faced by the industry overall between October and...

Producer Price Index (IPP): 0.25% in November January 03, 2013

In November 2012, the Producer Price Index (IPP) recorded a 0.25% change over the previous month, a result above that of August (0.23%). In the comparison...

In November, unemployment was at 4.9% December 21, 2012

In the monthly analysis, the volume of the unemployed (people without a job trying to get in the market) did not record any change in all the regions...

2010 Census: women have higher schooling than men and expand their level of employment December 19, 2012

The 2010 Census showed that, in ten years, the schooling level of women was higher than men’s and that they have widen their space in the labor...

In December, IPCA-15 changed 0.69% and closed the year at 5.78% December 19, 2012

The Extended Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15) changed 0.69% in December and stood 0.15 percentage points above the 0.54% rate recorded in November....

Civil Registry 2011: Divorce rate goes up 45.6% in one year December 17, 2012

The number of divorces in Brazil reached 351,153 in 2011, with increase of 45.6% over 2010 (243,224). As a result, the divorce rate reached its...

Cattle slaughter had record increase in Q3 December 13, 2012

In the 3rd quarter of 2012, a total 8,027 million cattle head were slaughtered, representing increase of 5.0% over the immediately previous quarter...

Retail sales increase by 0.8% in October December 13, 2012

In October, the retail trade changed 0.8% in the volume of sales and 1.1% in the nominal revenue, compared with the previous month (seasonally...

In 2010, 76.9% of the Brazilian enterprises used the Internet for business purposes December 13, 2012

In 2010, of the 2.8 million enterprises with 1 or more employed persons, around 2.2 million (80.8%) used computers, 2.1 million (76.9%) used...

Vitória (ES) and São Bernardo do Campo (SP) increase contributions to national GDP in 2010, whereas São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro reduce their participation December 12, 2012

Considering the 23 municipalities which represented at least 0.5% of the Brazilian GDP between 2009 and 2010, Vitória (ES) and São Bernardo do Campo...

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