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Industrial employment changed by 0.4% in August October 10, 2011

Industrial employment increased by 0.4% in August 2011 over the figure in the immediately previous quarter (seasonally adjusted series), after...

National Index of Civil Construction changes by 0.19% in September October 07, 2011

The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), estimated by IBGE in partnership with CAIXA, recorded a change of 0.19% in September, advancing...

IPCA : 0,53% in September October 07, 2011

The Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA) remained on an upward trend and changed by 0.53% in September, being above the 0.37% of August...

In August, industrial output decreased in 10 of the 14 areas surveyed October 06, 2011

Between July and August 2011, the regional indexes of industrial production recorded negative rates in 10 of the 14 areas surveyed by IBGE, in...

In September, IBGE estimates a harvest of grains 6.6% higher than the record harvest of 2010 October 06, 2011

The national harvest of cereal, legumes and oilseeds (cotton seed, peanut, rice, beans, castor beans, corn, soybean, oat, rye, barley, sunflower,...

Producer Price Index (IPP) of August stays at 0.20% October 05, 2011

In August of 2011, the Producer Price Index (IPP) changed 0.20% compared with the previous month; a higher result when compared with the one of...

Industrial output changed by -0.2% in August October 04, 2011

In August 2011, the industrial production index recorded negative change of 0.2% over the previous month, in the seasonally adjusted series, reducing...

In Q2 2011, slaughter of hogs and pigs reaches record figures in the tme series September 29, 2011

In the second quarter of 2011, 7,065 cattle head were slaughtered, accounting for a 0.5% decrease over the immediately previous quarter and of 7.0%...

IBGE releases Brazilian Geographic Names Database September 23, 2011

Is Campos dos Goytacazes spelled with a "y" or an "i"? And São João Del Rei? How many cities named after saints are there in Brazil? What’s the origin...

Unemployment rate was 6.0% in August September 22, 2011

In the analysis by area, over July, the number of employed persons showed a scenario of stability in all the areas surveyed. Over August 2010,...

IBGE releases new Data Analysis of the Brazilian Network for Continuous Monitoring of the GNSS Systems September 21, 2011

IBGE releases today, the report on the Data Analysis of the Brazilian Network for Continuous Monitoring of the GNSS Systems - 2001-2005. RBMC, the...

In September, IPCA-15 was 0.53% and IPCA-E, 0.90% September 20, 2011

The Extended National Consumer Price Index – 15 (IPCA-15) recorded change of 0.53% in September, being 0.26 percentage points above the August...

In two years, 4 out of 10 new enterprises leave the market September 14, 2011

Among the 464.7 thousand enterprises that had entered the market in 2007, 353.6 thousand (76.1%) survived in 2008 and 285 thousand (61.3%)...

IBGE releases a Geosciences Manual for the 1:250000 Cartographic Base of Brazil September 13, 2011

IBGE releases today the Geosciences Technical Manual utilized in the elaboration of the 1:250000 Continuous Cartographic Base, which can be accessed...

Retail sales grew by 1.4% and nominal revenue was 1.6% higher in July September 13, 2011

In July, retail trade in the country recorded increase of 1.4% in volume of sales over the previous month, in the seasonally adjusted series. Nominal...

Industrial employment changes -0.1% in July September 09, 2011

The industrial employment recorded a negative change (0.1%) in July of 2011 against the immediately previous month, in the seasonally adjusted...

IBGE: harvest estimate in August surpasses 2010 figure by 6.3% September 09, 2011

August estimate compared to the 2010 output Among the 25 products selected, 14 recorded positive change in production estimate compared...

National Index of Civil Construction changes by 0.14% in August September 06, 2011

The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), estimated by IBGE in partnership with CAIXA, recorded a change of 0.14% in August, dropping 0.41...

IPCA of August stays at 0.37% September 06, 2011

The Extended National Consumer Price Index - IPCA – rose again in August and recorded a change of 0.37%, 0.21 percentage points above...

GDP grows by 0.8% over Q1 and reaches R$ 1.02 trillion September 02, 2011

GDP (Gross Domestic Product) at market prices grew by 0.8% in the comparison between the first and the second quarters of 2011 (seasonally adjusted...

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