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In July, unemployment was 6.9% August 26, 2010

The unemployment rate of July (6.9%) was the lowest for this month, since the beginning of the...

PAS 2008: information and communication sector generates a flow of R$ 203 billion August 25, 2010

Information and communication activities generated, in 2008, R$ 203.5 billion in revenue, as shown in...

PNSB 2008: Water supply reaches 99.4% of the municipalities; waste collection, 100%; and sewage collection network, 55.2% August 20, 2010

Between 2000 and 2008, the percentage of Brazilian municipalities that had water supply network in at...

IPCA-15: - 0,05% in August August 20, 2010

The Extended National Consumer Price Index-15 (IPCA-15) has changed by -0.05% in August... The...

2010 Census: IBGE selects 2,006 more enumerators August 18, 2010

IBGE opened a selection process for 2,006 more enumerators for the 2010 Census in the following...

IBGE releases map and report on the land use in Rio Grande do Sul August 12, 2010

This richly illustrated publication presents the mapping and the analysis of the characteristics...

In June, retail sales grew 1%. Nominal revenue increased 0.5% August 11, 2010

Retail trade in the country kept a positive result in June 2010, presenting rates of 1% in volume...

Employment in industry rose 0.5% in June August 10, 2010

In June of 2010, the total employed personnel in the industrial sector advanced 0.5% compared with the...

Industrial output down in nine of the 14 regions surveyed in June August 06, 2010

Between May and June, nine of the 14 surveyed locations presented negative rates, not considering...

Agroindustry grows 6% in the first semester August 06, 2010

In the first semester of 2010, the Brazilian agroindustry grew 6%, a much higher result compared...

National Index of Civil Construction changed 0.74% in July August 06, 2010

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

In July, IBGE estimates grain harvest 9.2% larger than that of 2009 August 05, 2010

The national harvest of cereals, legumes and oil seeds must amount 146.4 million tons in 2010,...

In June, industrial production decreased by 1.0% August 03, 2010

In June 2010, industrial production decreased 1.0% in relation to May, in the seasonally adjusted...

2010 Demographic Census begins August 02, 2010

The 12th Brazilian Demographic Census began on Sunday, August 1st, 2010. Throughout this week and...

River and satellite navigation put 2010 Census interviews on the way to IBGE July 30, 2010

The 8,514,876.599 km² of the Brazilian territory constitute an additional challenge in the 2010...

Brazil will host the International Statistical Congress in 2015 July 29, 2010

IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics) will host, in the second semester of 2015,...

In June, the unemployment rate was 7% July 22, 2010

The unemployment rate decreased by 0.5 percentage points in relation to May and 1.1 percentage...

IPCA-15: - 0.09% in July July 20, 2010

The Extended Consumer Price Index -15 (IPCA-15) had a change of -0.09% in July, a lower rate than...

Census 2010: enumerators start final training phase July 19, 2010

IBGE starts today the attended training program for the 209,826 applicants approved for the second...

In May, retail sales increased 1.4% and nominal revenue, 0.4% July 13, 2010

Retail trade in the country recorded change of 1.4% in volume of sales and 0.4% in nominal revenue of...

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