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Women with a degree earn only 60% of men’s income March 07, 2008

Women make up most of the Brazilian population, and they are also the majority among the...

Unions between older women and younger men are increasing March 07, 2008

Although this behavior is more frequent among men, unions in which women are older than men are...

Harvest estimate for 2008 is 139.6 million metric tons March 06, 2008

The estimated figure is 2.3% higher than in January, and 5.1% above the production obtained in...

Second harvest accounts for 23.7% of national corn production March 06, 2008

The Central West Region produces 53% of the 2nd harvest corn obtained in Brazil, and the...

Industrial production increased by 1.8% in January March 05, 2008

In January 2008, the industrial production increased by 1.8% compared to December of the previous...

Unemployment rate was 8.0% in January February 28, 2008

Unemployment rate increased in comparison to December (7.4%) and was below the figure in January 2007...

IPCA-15 of February was 0.64% February 26, 2008

The Extended National Consumer Price Index-15 (IPCA-15) of February was 0.64%, below the result of...

In 2007, retail sales increased by 9.6% and nominal revenue, by 14.1% February 18, 2008

Both rates are accumulated in the year, in the seasonally adjusted series. In the seasonally...

Industrial employment increased 2.2% and payroll 5.4% in 2007 February 13, 2008

The number of workers in Industry increased 2.2% in 2007 compared to 2006, highest rate of the...

IPCA of January was 0.54% February 13, 2008

The Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA) of January increased 0.54%, below the rate of...

National Index of Construction increased by 0.44% in January February 12, 2008

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

Grain harvest is expected to increase 2.7% in 2008 February 12, 2008

In the first evaluation of national harvest for 2008, the IBGE production of cereal, legumes and...

In 2007, agriculture industry increased 5.0% February 11, 2008

Good performance of agricultural production and favorable foreign scenario increased annual rate. In...

Industry fell 0.6% in December and closed 2007 with 6.0% February 08, 2008

The accumulated growth in 2007 was 6.0%, best result since the value of 8.3% registered in 2004,...

IPCA-15 begins 2008 with 0.70% January 24, 2008

The Extended Consumer Price Index - 15 (IPCA-15) changed 0.70 % in January 2008, the same result...

Unemployment rate in December was 7.4% January 24, 2008

The December rate was the lowest one in all the IBGE’s Monthly Employment Series, which started in March...

Quality of employment in the country has improved in the last four years January 24, 2008

A comparative study of the new series of the Monthly Employment Survey, which has been conducted...

In November, volume and revenue of trade sales increased 1.6% January 16, 2008

In comparison with the previous month, in November, both indicators had the same percentage of...

Employment in industry changes by 0.3% in November January 14, 2008

The rate is the fifth consecutive one in the month-on-month comparison, with cumulative increase...

National Index of Construction increased 0.76% in December and 6.08% in 2007 January 11, 2008

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

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