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Industrial employment increases by 1.1% in November 2009 January 12, 2010

This rise of 1,1% in relation to October 2009, in the seasonally adjusted series, was the biggest one...

Industrial production increases in nine of the 14 surveyed areas in November January 08, 2010

In the comparison November 09/October 09, the regional seasonally adjusted indexes of industrial...

IBGE estimates harvest 5.2% larger in 2010 January 07, 2010

IBGE conducted, in December, the third prognosis of area and production for the 2010 harvest, in...

Industrial production changes -0.2% from October to November January 06, 2010

In November 2009, the Brazilian industrial production recorded a variation of -0.2% in comparison to the...

IPCA-15 of December was 0.38% and IPCA-E closes the year at 4.18% December 23, 2009

The Extended National Consumer Price Index-15 (IPCA-15) had a variation of 0.38% in December,...

IBGE reveals habits, customs and risks faced by students of Brazilian capitals December 18, 2009

The National Survey of School Health (Pense) presents information on students’ health conditions,...

In November, unemployment was 7.4% December 18, 2009

The unemployment rate of 7.4% in November, estimated by the Monthly Employment Survey (PME)1,...

Cattle slaughter grows by 4.6% between second and third quarters December 17, 2009

According to IBGE’s Statistics of Livestock Production, in the third quarter of 2009 there was an...

Public administration is responsible for more than a third of economy in almost 34% of Brazilian municipalities December 16, 2009

In 2007, among the 5,564 municipalities of the country, São Paulo (SP), Rio de Janeiro (RJ),...

In October, trade sales increased 1.4% and nominal revenue, 1.8% December 15, 2009

RESULTS BY SUBSECTOR The subsector of Hypermarkets, supermarkets, food products, beverages and...

From 2005 to 2008, access to Internet increased 75.3% and over half of Brazilians managed to have a cell phone December 11, 2009

In three years, the percentage of persons aged 10 years and over who accessed the Internet at...

GDP increases by 1.3% in relation to the second quarter and reaches R$ 797 billion December 10, 2009

In the third quarter of 2009, GDP at market prices grew by 1.3% in relation to the second quarter...

Health-related activities consumed 8.4% of GDP in 2007 December 09, 2009

The revenue (value added) generated by health-related activities increased 8.9%, between 2005 and...

IPCA of November was 0.41% December 09, 2009

In September, industrial production in Brazil increased 0.8% compared to the result in the...

National Index of Civil Construction changes by 0.33% in November December 09, 2009

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

Industrial employment increases 0.7% in October December 08, 2009

NUMBER OF HOUR PAID In October, there was continuous increase of the number of hour paid in...

IBGE estimates grain harvest 8.1% inferior to record harvest of 2008 December 08, 2009

For the 2010 harvest, estimated production is 140.4 million tons, 4.7% larger than that obtained...

Industrial production increases in 10 of the 14 surveyed places, in October December 04, 2009

In October, seasonally adjusted regional indexes of industrial production increased, in comparison to...

Industrial production increases by 2.2% from September to October December 02, 2009

In October 2009, industrial production increased by 2.2% in comparison with the previous month, in...

In 2008, life expectancy of Brazilians reached 72.86 years of age December 01, 2009

Life expectancy at birth of the population, both sexes, in Brazil changed from 69.66 years (69...

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