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IBGE expects grain harvest to be 8.9% smaller in 2018 November 09, 2017

The first estimate for the 2018 harvest presents an output estimate of 206.5 million metric tons...

Rio de Janeiro has the biggest industrial growth of September November 08, 2017

In September, the industrial production in Rio de Janeiro (8.7%) recorded the greatest regional...

Industry grows in 6 of the 14 places surveyed in September November 08, 2017

In the seasonally adjusted series, the growth in the pace of the industrial output in Brazil...

[Retratos] SDG 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions November 07, 2017

Significantly reduce all forms of violence; reduce corruption and bribery in all their forms;...

Cachaca, grapes and mangoes from Bahia have origin stamp November 06, 2017

The cachaca from Abaíra and table grapes and mangoes from the Sub-median Valley of the São...

Retratos: “Bring me a glass of water, I'm thirsty” November 03, 2017

Feeling thirsty is probably the most immediate perception of how essential water is to our...

Census of Agriculture: more than 1 million properties enumerated in the first month of collection November 01, 2017

With more than 20 thousand enumerators and supervisors at work, the first month of the Census of...

2017 Census of Agriculture: more than one million agricultural establishments enumerated so far November 01, 2017

In the first month of collection, the 18 thousand enumerators hired by the IBGE to work in the...

Car production contributes to recovery of industry in 2017 November 01, 2017

Industry closed Q3 2017 with an increase of 1.6% in its national output, mainly due to the...

Industrial output changes 0.2% in September November 01, 2017

In September 2017, industrial output in the country recorded an increase of 0.2% against the...

Informality increases, continues to reduce unemployment October 31, 2017

Of the 91.3 million employed persons in the quarter ended in September, 22.9 million persons were...

Continuous PNAD: unemployment rate is 12.4% in quarter ending in September October 31, 2017

The unemployment rate (12.4%) retreated 0.6 percentage points in the July-August-September 2017...

The art and statistics of food products October 30, 2017

Text: Pedro RenauxImage: Licia Rubinstein

Cities as classrooms October 27, 2017

Due either to the real estate speculation or to the urban design of the public administration, the...

IPP accelerates, pressed by petroleum derivatives and biofuels October 26, 2017

The Producer Price Index - IPP, which measures the price changes in industry free from taxes and...

Producer Price Index changes 1.50% in September October 26, 2017

The prices of the mining and manufacturing industries rose 1.50% in September 2017, above the...

Uruguayan delegation joins Census of Agriculture in southernmost reaches of Brazil October 25, 2017

The municipality of Sant’Ana do Livramento/RS, at the border of Brazil and Uruguay, was chosen to...

Turning analog signal off, new step in transition to digital October 24, 2017

After broadcasting from the satellites to our TV screens for six decades, the analog signal has...

Rural Amazon: peculiarities of rural areas in forests October 23, 2017

Maybe one of the less known forms that rural areas are present in the Brazilian territory is in...

Bottled gas rockets up inflation forecast for October October 20, 2017

With three increases in a row, the price of bottled gas (5.72% up) was one of the main responsible of the high...

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