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2.8 million persons with flu-like symptoms sought health care between May 31 and June 6 June 26, 2020

This amount decreased in relation to the previous week (3.6 million) and over the first week of...

Supermarkets lead revenue and employment generation ranking in 2018 June 26, 2020

The sector of hyper and supermarkets generated most jobs in 2018 and employed 45.7 thousand...

PAC 2018: Brazil has 1.5 million trade companies generating a total net revenue of R$ 3.7 trillion June 26, 2020

Between 2009 and 2018, the number of employed persons in trade companies increased by 19.7%,...

Number of enterprises and other organizations hits lowest level in 9 years June 25, 2020

The number of enterprises and other formal organizations in operation in Brazil retreated 1.8%...

Campinas, Florianópolis and Vitória are the New Brazilian Metropolises June 25, 2020

Between 2008 and 2018, Brazil had three new metropolises and 32 cities made into regional capitals in 12...

REGIC 2018: Campinas/SP, Florianópolis/SC and Vitória/ES are now among the 15 Metropolises of the Country June 25, 2020

Campinas/SP, Florianópolis/SC and Vitória/ES are now counted among the current 15 Metropolises....

CEMPRE 2018: Number of enterprises and other organizations retreats 1.8%, larger enterprises increase 1.1% June 25, 2020

In 2018, the number of enterprises and other active formal organizations retreated 1.8% over 2017, which...

Students from some municipalities endure a commute of almost 100 km to attend college June 25, 2020

Brazilians enrolled in higher-education courses out of their municipality of origin endure an...

Due to reduced airfare prices, inflation preview hits lowest result in June since 2006 June 25, 2020

Affected by the result of airfare prices (-26,08%), June's inflation preview was of 0.02%, the...

IPCA-15 changes by 0.02% in June June 25, 2020

The Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15) changed by 0.02% in June, after having...

Pandemic leaves 9.7 million workers unpaid in May June 24, 2020

The social distancing due to the Covid-19 pandemic left 9.7 million workers unpaid in May 2020....

PNAD COVID19 - monthly edition: 9.7 million workers without salary in May June 24, 2020

Of the 84.4 million workers in the country, around 19.0 million were away from their duties and,...

Geospatial technologies improve border of Brazil with South America June 22, 2020

To accomplish these changes with ten neighbor countries, the IBGE queries the Ministry of Foreign...

IBGE discloses list of municipalities facing the sea June 22, 2020

The IBGE has disclosed today (22) the list of the 280 Brazilian municipalities facing the sea. The...

IBGE releases list of municipalities in borderland strip (2) June 22, 2020

The IBGE released today (22) the list of the 588 municipalities located in the borderland strip of...

After four years of decrease, employment in industry increased 0.7% in 2018 June 18, 2020

The number of persons employed in Brazilian industry increased by about 0.7% from 2017 to 2018,...

After four years of decrease, employment in industry increased by 0.7% in 2018 June 18, 2020