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Continuous PNAD records unemployment of 6.8%in Q2 2014 November 06, 2014

Indicator / Period Q2/ 2014 Q1/ 2014 Q2/ 2013 Unemployment rate 6.8% 7.1% 7.4%...

Industrial output changes -0.2% in September (1) November 04, 2014

Contributing to the overall industrial activity rate of -0.2% between August and September, 15...

Gender Statistics show women have made headway in the Brazilian social and economic scenario October 31, 2014

They have more schooling than men, but graduate in careers which pay lower incomes; their...

Producer Price Index (IPP) increases 0.94% in September October 31, 2014

SEPTEMBER 2014 0.94% August 2014 0.49% September 2013 0.57% Cumulative in 2014 2.06% Cumulativ in12...

In September, unemployment rate stays at 4.9% October 23, 2014

The unemployment rate of September (4.9%) did not change significantly over August (5.0%) and fell...

Revenue from services grows 4.5% in August October 22, 2014

Period Nominal Revenue August 2014/ August 2013 4.5% Cumulative in 2014 6.7% Cumulative in12...

In October, IPCA-15 stays at 0.48% October 21, 2014

Period RATE October 0.48% September 0.39% October 2013 0.48% Cumulative in the year 5.23%...

In August, retail sales increase by 1.1% October 15, 2014

Period Retail Extended retail Volume of sales Nominal revenue Volume of sales Nominal revenue August...

Industrial employment: -0.4% in August October 10, 2014

In August 2014, the number of salaried employed persons in industry fell 0.4% in comparison with...

In September, IBGE expects harvest 2.8% higher than 2013's October 09, 2014

September's estimate for 2014 193.5 million metric tonnes September / August 2014 - change 0.0%...

National Index of Civil Construction changes by 0.16% in September October 08, 2014

The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), estimated by IBGE in partnership with CAIXA,...

In August, industrial output increases in 10 of the 14 areas surveyed October 08, 2014

Acceleration of the national industrial output from July to August, in the seasonally adjusted...

Industrial output grows 0.7% in August October 02, 2014

August 2014 / July 2014 0.7% August 2014 / August 2013 -5.4% Cumulative over 2014 -3.1% Cumulative over...

PAC 2012: Trade employed 600 thousand persons more than in 2011 October 01, 2014

The 1,613 million commercial companies in Brazil employed 10.2 million persons in 2012, which...

In August, unemployment rate stays at 5.0% September 25, 2014

The unemployment rate in August (5.0%) did not post a statistically significant change neither in...

Demography of Enterprises 2012: survival rate of 81.3% is the highest in five years September 24, 2014

The survival rate of companies in 2012, compared with that in the previous year 1, was 81.3%,...

In September, IPCA-15 stays at 0.39% and IPCA-E, at 0.70% September 19, 2014

Period RATE September 0.39% August 0.14% September 2013 0.27% Cumulative in the year 4.72% Cumulative...

Acquisition of milk by industry grows 8.4% in Q2 of 2014 over the same period of 2013 September 18, 2014

In the 2nd quarter of 2014, the acquisition of milk by the industry was of 5.785 billion liters, a...

PNAD 2013 depicts labor market and life conditions in Brazil September 18, 2014

Note: The following text was updated on September 26, 2014 based on the revised data of PNAD 2013. The...

Revenue from services increased 4.6% in July September 16, 2014

Period Nominal Revenue July 2014/ July 2013 4.6% Cumulative in 2014 7.0% Cumulative in 12 months 7.6% In...

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