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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...

Industrial employment changes 0.4% in October December 11, 2012

Comparing with October 2011, the industrial employment receded 1.2%, with the contingent of employees recording reduction in ten of the fourteen...

Industrial output increased in seven of the 14 areas surveyed in October December 07, 2012

In October 2012, the seasonally-adjusted indexes of the regional industrial production recorded increase in seven of the 14 areas surveyed. The...

National Index of Civil Construction changes 0.22% in November December 07, 2012

The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), estimated by IBGE in partnership with CAIXA, recorded a change of 0.22% in November, dropping...

IPCA of November stays at 0.60% December 07, 2012

In opposition to the pace loss in the price growth of the group food and beverages, four of the nine groups of products and services surveyed...

Rice and soybean supplies grow whereas soybean, rice, wheat and coffee fall between 06/30/2011 and 06/30/2012 December 06, 2012

The stock network of agricultural products in the country posted a drop of 0.5% in the number of active establishments...

In 2013, IBGE expects grain harvest to be 6.9% higher December 06, 2012

In November 2012, IBGE conducted the second estimate of the area and production for the harvest of 2013. The production of cereals, legumes and...

PEVS 2011: timber products from planted forests, with R$ 13.0 billion, lead Brazilian forestry production (R$ 18.1 billion) December 06, 2012

In 2011, the International Year of Forests, forestry production in Brazil amounted to R$ 18.1 billion: 72.6% from silviculture (creation, development...

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