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Producer Price Index (IPP) changes 0.03% in March April 26, 2013

The Producer Price Index (IPP) changed 0.03% in March in relation to February. This figure was...

In March, unemployment was at 5.7% April 25, 2013

The unemployment rate was estimated at 5.7%, the lowest rate for March since the beginning of the...

IBGE maps Indian population April 19, 2013

Based on the information collected by the 2010 Census, IBGE developed a brief set of maps and...

IPCA-15 changes 0.51% in April April 19, 2013

The National Extended Consumer Price Index - 15 (IPCA-15) changed 0.51% in April, very close to...

In February, retail sales drop 0.4% and nominal revenue rises 0.6% April 11, 2013

In February, the national retail trade recorded a change of –0.4% for the volume of sales and of...

Industrial employment remains unchanged (0.0%) in February April 10, 2013

In February 2013, the number of salaried employed persons in industry remained unchanged (0.0%)...

National Index of Civil Construction changes 0.18% in March April 10, 2013

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

IPCA of March stays at 0.47% April 10, 2013

The Extended Consumer Price Index (IPCA) of March changed 0.47% and stood 0.13 percentage points...

In March, IBGE expects grain harvest to be 12.0% up over 2012 April 09, 2013

The third estimate of the national harvest of cereals, legumes and oilseeds (cotton seed, peanut,...

Industrial output declines 2.5% in February April 02, 2013

In February 2013, the industrial output declined 2.5% in relation to the immediately previous...

Producer Price Index (IPP) changes -0.33% in February March 27, 2013

The Producer Price Index (IPP) changed -0.33% in February over the previous year. This result was...

Slaughter of cattle, pigs and hogs and egg production grow in 2012, but chicken slaughter drops March 27, 2013

In 2012, 31.118 million cattle head were slaughtered, accounting for an increase of 8.0% in...

IPCA-15 changes 0.49% in March and IPCA-E closes the quarter at 2.06% March 22, 2013

The National Extended Consumer Price Index -15 (IPCA-15) changed by 0.49% in March, below the...

ESTADIC 2012: 18 states and the Federal District claimed to carry out social assistance services March 15, 2013

In 2012, all the 27 Federation Units had an office in charge of social assistance policy, though...

Industrial employment remains unchanged in January March 15, 2013

In January 2013, the total of salaried employed persons in the industry remained stable (0.0%) in...

Industrial output grows in nine of the 14 places surveyed in January March 13, 2013

The rise of the national industrial output, between December 2012 and January 2013, in the...

IBGE releases new Land Use and Land Cover Maps of Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul and Amazonas March 12, 2013

Land Use and Land Cover Maps of Rio Grande do Sul and Amazonas are already available on the IBGE...

National Index of Civil Construction changes by 0.73% in February March 08, 2013