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After two drops, unemployment rate remains stable in January February 28, 2018

After falling for two quarters, the unemployment rate remained at 12.2% in the period from...

Continuous PNAD: unemployment rate is 12.2% in quarter ending in January February 28, 2018

The unemployment rate (12.2%) remained stable in the quarter from November 2017 to January 2018 in...

IBGE opens public consultation aiming at a more democratic Census in 2020 February 27, 2018

Persons and institutions are invited to make suggestions of themes and questions for the 2020...

Census of Agriculture goes to distant communities, spotlights Indian peoples February 26, 2018

The Census of Agriculture 2017 goes beyond traditional farms and latifundia In addition to usual...

Education and transportation to push inflation forecast in February February 23, 2018

With the beginning of the school year, tuition adjustments contributed to a 4% increase in...

Unemployment increases more in Santa Catarina and Rio between 2014 and 2017 February 23, 2018

Santa Catarina was the state in which unemployment mostly increased between 2014 and 2017...

Continuous PNAD - Quarterly Edition: underutilization of workforce is 23.6% in Q4, closes 2017 at 23.8% February 23, 2018

The workforce underutilization rate – which gathers those unemployed, time-related underemployed...

In February, IPCA-15 stood at 0.38% February 23, 2018

The Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15) changed by 0.38% in February, close to the...

In 2016, 6.9 million households depended on analog TV February 22, 2018

About 6.9 million households in the country (10.3% of the total) still depended on the analog...

Continuous PNAD - ICT 2016: 94.2% of the persons who used the Internet did it to exchange messages February 21, 2018

Among the Internet users aged 10 and over, in the reference period of the survey, 94.2% accessed...

Messaging apps for nine out of ten Internet users in the country February 21, 2018

Of the country's 116.1 million people who accessed the Internet in 2016, almost everyone (92.4%)...

Slums resist, challenge urbanization February 20, 2018

Slums are a complex subject that triggers a lot of discussions about urbanization, infrastructure...

Census of Agriculture collects data from quilombola communities in Rio de Janeiro February 19, 2018

The data collection team in charge of the Census of Agriculture in Rio de Janeiro visited, between January...

Transportation recovers in 2017, only segment of services to grow in the year February 16, 2018

Even dropping 2.8% in volume of the services sector in 2017, the segment of transportation...

In December, services sector rises 1.3%, accrues drop of 2.8% in 2017 February 16, 2018

In the seasonally-adjusted series, the services sector grew 1.3% in December 2017 in relation to...

SDG commission sets out priorities until 2019 and launches plan of action February 15, 2018

The National Commission for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), which has the IBGE as one of...

World Radio Day celebrates sports and fosters tolerance in 2018 February 09, 2018

Established in 2011 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization -...

After two years, trade grows again driven by furniture and household appliances February 09, 2018

The retail closed 2017 with a 2.0% increase compared to 2016. It is the first positive result...

Retail sales decrease 1.5% in December and accumulate a high of 2.0% in 2017 February 09, 2018

In December 2017, the volume of sales of the national retail trade decreased 1.5% over November,...

Lowest inflation for January since the creation of Real Plan February 08, 2018

The Extended National Consumer Price Index - IPCA, which measures inflation, changed 0.29% in...

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