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IBGE presents Brazil's new territorial area: 8, 8,515,767.049 km² November 27, 2012

Brazil has a new surface measurement: 8,515,767,049 km², what means increment of 0.01% over the... Brazil has a new figure for territorial...

North region increases contribution to the national GDP November 23, 2012

From 2002 to 2010, the Central-West (0.5 p.p.), Northeast (0.5 p.p.) and North regions (0.6 p.p.) increased their contributions to the GDP,... From...

In November, IPCA-15 changes 0.54% November 22, 2012

The Extended Consumer Price Index-15 (IPCA-15) changed 0.54% in November and stood 0.11 percentage points below the rate of 0.65% registered in October....

Unemployment rate was 5.3% in October November 22, 2012

The unemployment rate was estimated at 5.3%, the lowest in a month of October since the beginning of the series... Unemployment rate records...

Enterpreneurship: High-growth enterprises generate more than half of the new jobs in three years November 14, 2012

In 2010, there were 33.320 high-growth enterprises, which are those that had the number of the employees increased in 20%, within a period of...

In September, retail sales change 0.3% November 13, 2012

In September 2012, the country’s retail trade recorded a positive change of 0.3% for the volume of sales and of 1.0% for the nominal revenue, both...

Industrial employment changes -0.3% in September November 09, 2012

In September 2012, the total number of employed persons in the industry posted a negative change of 0.3% over the immediately previous month,...

Industrial output drops in 12 of the 14 places surveyed in September November 08, 2012

In September 2012, in the seasonally adjusted series, the regional indexes of the industrial output posted a negative change in 12 of the 14...

IBGE expects grain harvest to be 5.1% higher in the 1st Estimate for 2013 November 08, 2012

IBGE conducted, in October, the first estimate for the 2013 harvest in the Southeast, South and... IBGE conducted, in October, the first estimate...

National Index of Civil Construction changes by 0.34% in October November 07, 2012

The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), estimated by IBGE in partnership with CAIXA, recorded a change of 0.34% in October, advancing...

IPCA of October stays at 0.59% November 07, 2012

The Extended Consumer Price Index (IPCA) changed 0.59% in October and was close to September ‘s rate (0.57%). With such a result, the accumulated...

Industrial output changes 1.0% in September November 01, 2012

In September, the industrial output fell by 1.0%, in relation to August, in the seasonally adjusted series...

Producer Price Index (IPP) of September changes by 0.72% October 31, 2012

In September 2011, the Producer Price index (IPP) recorded a change of 0.72% over the previous month... In September 2011, the Producer Price...

IBGE releases image mosaic of the state of Goiás and of the Federal District October 31, 2012

The new images of the state of Goiás and of the Federal District are already available...

PAM 2011: agricultural production grows 27.1% in relation to 2010 October 26, 2012

The agricultural production value reached R$ 195.6 billion in 2011, a growth of 27.1% in relation to 2010, pushed at a great extent by the rise...

In September, unemployment rate was 5.4% October 25, 2012

Unemployment remains unchanged in four of the six metropolitan areas surveyed, compared with data of September 2011 The unemployment rate...

Rural Brazil Snapshots: agricultural modernization clashes with low schooling October 19, 2012

The Atlas of Rural Areas in Brazil, which has just been released by IBGE, is a publication that gathers data from the Census of Agriculture 2006 and from population...

IPCA-15 of October stays at 0.65% October 19, 2012

The Extended Consumer Price Index-15 (IPCA-15) changed 0.65% in October and stood 0.17 percentage points above the rate of 0.48% registered in...

PPM 2011: cattle herd size rises 1.6% and reaches 212.8 million head October 18, 2012

National cattle herd size reached 212.8 million head in 2011, with increase of 1.6% over 2010...

2010 Census: Consensual unions make up more than 1/3 of marriages and are more common among lower classes October 17, 2012

The percentage of consensual unions increased from 28.6% to 36.4% of the total unions between 2000 and 2010, being more common among lower classes,...

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