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In April, rate of unemployment was stable and income increased by 0.4% May 25, 2006

In the series without seasonal adjustment, there was increase in relation to December 2005. The accumulated industrial production was 2.8%, versus...

Brazil had 1,38 million commercial companies in 2004 May 24, 2006

With a net operational revenue of R$798,2 billion in 2004, trade in Brazil increased by 11.7% over 2003. Among its three segments, vehicles,...

IBGE releases previously unseen profile of Food Security in Brazil May 17, 2006

In 65.2% of the 51,8 million private Brazilian households there was food security. Among the 18 million with food insecurity, 3, 4 million were...

In March, volume of trade sales fell by 0.10% May 17, 2006

Also in relation to February, nominal revenue increased by 0.19% in the series with seasonal adjustment. Retail trade of the Country had rates...

In March, industrial employment fell by 0.3% in relation to February May 15, 2006

In March, the industrial employment had a negative change (-0.3%) in relation to the immediately previous month, in the seasonally adjusted series....

National Index of Construction changes by 0.42% in April May 12, 2006

The National Index of Construction, calculated by IBGE in partnership with Caixa Econômica Federal, changed by 0.42% in April. There was increase...

In April, IPCA changed by 0.21% May 10, 2006

Alcohol and gasoline led to the reduction of IPCA in April, whereas medicines were the main contributors to the rate of the month The Extended...

In March, industrial production increased in 12 of the 14 areas surveyed May 09, 2006

There was increase in comparison with March 2005, with positive rates ranging from 0.1% in Goiás to 17.5% in Pará. In the other areas, the best results...

Industrial production falls 0.3% in March and increases 1.2% in the first quarter May 05, 2006

IBGE’s Monthly Industrial Survey – Physical Production - Brazil shows that, from February to March, the seasonally adjusted indicator of industrial...

States invest less than 0.1% in sports May 04, 2006

Between 2002 and 2003, the expenditures of the state governments with sports diminished 19.6%, falling from 0.13% to only 0.09% of the total expenses. ...

LSPA: 121,723 tons of grains will be harvested in 2006 May 04, 2006

Fall of 0.20% in relation to March is expected. Planted area decreases by 2.77% over 2005, reaching a figure of 46,251 million hectares. The products...

GDP changed by 0.3% in the first quarter of 2005 in relation to the fourth quarter of 2004 May 31, 2005

The Gross Domestic Product at market prices changed by 0.3% in the first quarter of 2005, in relation to the fourth quarter of 2004, in the series...

Almost one third of the Brazilian population is affected by chronic diseases May 25, 2005

Diabetes, hypertension, cancer, spinal column problems and rheumatism are among the chronic diseases which affected 52.6 million Brazilians in 2003....

IPCA-15 of May changed 0.83% May 25, 2005

Medicines increased 4.16% in May and represented major individual contribution to the index (0.16 percentage point) The Extended Consumer Price...

In April, unemployment was 10.8%, the same rate as in March May 25, 2005

In April, the rate of unemployment (10.8%) was the same as observed in March 2005, but there was a decrease of 2.3 percentage points in relation...

Brazil Has Over 10 Million Informal Enterprises May 19, 2005

Informal economy generated, in 2003, an income of R$ 17,6 billion and employed over a fourth of non-agriculture workers in the country In October...

In 2005, harvest may reach 116,341 million tons May 19, 2005

The fourth harvest estimate for 2005 points to a production of cereals, legumes and oilseeds (cotton seeds, peanuts, rice, beans, castor seeds, corn,...

In March, industrial employment fell 0.2% in relation to February May 16, 2005

Employment hiked 2.2% in relation to March 2004 – the thirteenth positive consecutive rate in this comparison – and increased in eleven among fourteen...

IBGE investigates environment of 5.560 Brazilian municipalities May 13, 2005

Clearing of timbers and deforestations are occurring in all the regions of Brazil, and not only in the agricultural frontiers. This is one of the...

Retail trade increases 1.75% in volume of sales and 2.44% in nominal receipt May 12, 2005

The Monthly Survey of Trade starts in this month, the publication of the indicators month /previous month, in the series without seasonal influence....

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