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In October, unemployment was 6.1% November 25, 2010

The unemployment rate was statistically stable in relation to September (6.2%) and fell 1.4 percentage point in relation to October 2009 (7.5%)....

In 2009, production of logs from native forests increased more than that from planted forests November 24, 2010

The value of silviculture production (exploitation of planted forests) and wild-crop harvesting (exploitation of native vegetable resources)...

National total cattle herd increases by 1.5% in 2009 November 24, 2010

In 2009, the national total cattle herd reached 205.292 million heads, an increase of 1.5% compared with the previous year. Among herds of large...

In November, IPCA-15 stands at 0.86% November 23, 2010

The Extended Consumer Price Index-15 (IPCA-15) changed 0.86% in November, above the result of October (0.62%). The accumulated index of the year...

Supply of hospital equipment increases, there are more physicians, but fewer beds, and regional differences remain November 19, 2010

The number of completely or partially active health establishments increased from 77 thousand in 2005 to 94 thousand in 2009 (22.2%). Out of...

Regional Accounts: GDP from Piauí grows 8.8%, the highest increase of 2008 November 17, 2010

Piauí was the Brazilian state with the highest real growth in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2008 (8.8%), though it continued contributing...

Number of marriages decreases for the first time since 2002: 2.3% November 12, 2010

The total number of marriages occurred and registered in 2009 decreased 2.3%, in relation to 2008 in the population aged 15 or over, causing...

In September, retail sales grow 0.4%. Nominal revenue rises 0.9% November 12, 2010

In September, the country’s retail trade recorded, in relation to the previous month (in the seasonally adjusted series), a growth of 0.4% for...

Employment in industry changed -0.1% in September November 11, 2010

From August to September, the industrial employment (seasonally adjusted) changed -0.1%, after eight positive results, when it accumulated an expansion...

In 2011, IBGE expects grain harvest to be 2.8% lower than in 2010 November 10, 2010

IBGE issued, in October, the first forecast for the 2011 harvest in the Southeast, South and Central-West regions and in the states of Rondônia,...

In September, industrial production decreased in 9 of the 14 areas surveyed November 10, 2010

The Brazilian industrial production recorded negative change of 0.2% between August and September 2010 (seasonally adjusted series), and there...

National Index of Civil Construction changed by 0.51% in October November 09, 2010

The National Index of Civil Construction (SINAPI), calculated by IBGE in partnership with CAIXA, changed by 0.51% in October... The National...

In October, IPCA was 0.75% November 09, 2010

The Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA) closed October at 0.75% and was above the 0.45% rate of the previous month in 0.30 percentage point......

GDP reaches R$ 3 trillion and grows 5.2% in 2008 November 05, 2010

In 2008, the Brazilian economy recorded a 5.2% growth in volume of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), versus the figure in the previous year. In current...

IBGE releases results of the 2010 Census collection November 04, 2010

IBGE reveals today, November 4, the resident population in each of the 5.565 Brazilian municipalities ... IBGE reveals today, November 4,the resident...

Industrial output changes -0.2% in September November 04, 2010

Contributing to the overall industrial activity rate of -0.2% between August and September, 15 sectors down and 12 up were observed. Among...

2008 PINTEC: proportion of innovative industrial companies rises from 31.5% to 38.1% in eight years October 29, 2010

The innovation rate of industry, of selected services (edition, telecommunication and computer science) and of the Research and Development sector......

High-growth companies generated 2.9 million formal jobs between 2005 and 2008 October 27, 2010

An unpublished study Demography of Enterprises, based on IBGE’s Central Register of Enterprises and OECD’s entrepreneurship indicators, found that...

Agricultural production value decreases by 5.3% from 2008 to 2009 October 20, 2010

Production value in 2009 was R$ 140.8 billion, almost R$ 8.0 billion less (-5.3%) than in 2008. The decrease has occurred mainly due to the smaller...

In October, IPCA-15 was 0.62% October 20, 2010

The Extended National Consumer Price Index -15 (IPCA-15) changed 0.62% in October, higher than the result of September (0.31%). In the accumulated...

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