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Slaughter of hogs and pigs increases 2.4%, hits record in 2018 March 14, 2019

The amount of hogs and pigs slaughtered in Brazil hit 44.2 million last year, a rise of 2.4% in...

Slaughter of cattle, hogs and pigs remains high in 2018 March 14, 2019

Cattle slaughter increased 3.4% in 2018, hitting 31.90 million head. It was the second consecutive rise in the...

Retail sales gather pace and increase by 0.4% in January March 14, 2019

After a decrease of 2.1% in December, the volume of retail trade sales increased by 0.4% in...

In January, industry falls in 6 of the 15 places surveyed March 14, 2019

In the 0.8% decline of the domestic industry in January (seasonally adjusted series), only six of...

In January, trade sales change by 0.4% March 14, 2019

In January 2019, retail trade in the country changed by 0.4% against December, in the seasonally...

Geographic names identify places and let us know about their history March 13, 2019

Streets with uneven paving, made of stones*, and the colonial houses of the historical center of...

Industrial output drops 0.8% and begins 2019 lower than last year March 13, 2019

The Brazilian industrial output fell 0.8% in January, having dropped in 18 out of the 26...

Industrial output drops 0.8% in January March 13, 2019

In the seasonally-adjusted series, the national industrial output dropped 0.8% in January 2019...

Miriam Leitão reflects upon the country's future at inaugural class in School of Statistics March 12, 2019

Journalist Miriam Leitão gave a lecture, yesterday (11), at the inaugural class of the Doctoral...

Civil construction costs increase 0.21% in February March 12, 2019

The National Civil Construction Index (Sinapi), released today by the IBGE, increased 0.21% in...

Grain harvest should grow 1% and reach 228.8 million tonnes in 2019 March 12, 2019

The second estimate for the grain harvest in 2019 pointed out to an output of 228.8 million...

National Index of Civil Construction changes 0.21% in February March 12, 2019

The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), calculated by IBGE, increased 0.21% in...

In February, IBGE estimates rise of 1.0% in grain harvest in 2019 March 12, 2019

The production of cereals, legumes and oilseeds for 2019 was estimated at 228.8 million tonnes in...

Inflation speeds up and stands at 0.43% in February March 12, 2019

The Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA), which measures official inflation in the...

IPCA was 0.43% in February March 12, 2019

The Extended National Consumer Price Index - IPCA of February was 0.43%, whereas in January the...

Fathers share responsibilities in shared custody of children March 11, 2019

Under the careful view of her father, psychologist Tiago Ferreira, little Lara Kali, 7 years old,...

Testing of data collection of 2020 Census begins today in 53 municipalities in Brazil March 11, 2019

IBGE´s survey agents began the second pilot test of the 2020 Population Census, which will visit...

In 2018, women received 79.5% of men's earnings March 08, 2019

In 2018, the average earnings of employed women aged 25 to 49 (R$ 2,050) were equivalent to 79.5%...

Difference decreases in seven years, but women still earn 20.5% less than men March 08, 2019

Despite a slight decrease in salary inequalities between 2012 and 2018, women still ear, on...

Inland areas of Brazil have lower unemployment, but experience more underemployment March 07, 2019

Unemployment was smaller in the inland areas of states, according to data relative to Q3 2018 from the...

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