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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...

IPCA changes by 0.74% in December and closes the year at 4.46% January 11, 2008

Affected by food prices, the National Consumer Price Index (IPCA) of December changed by 0.74%,...

In November 2007, industrial production fell in 7 among 14 surveyed areas January 10, 2008

In the comparison with October, the more pronounced decrease occurred in Paraná (-9.1%), which had...

In 2008, harvest of grains shall grow 2.1% January 08, 2008

The third forecast of the IBGE for the harvest of grains 2008 shows a planted area of 49.0 million...

Industrial Production fell by 1.8% in November January 07, 2008

In November 2007, the industrial production fell by 1.8% compared to October, when it had grown...

Census of Agriculture: preliminary results confirm expansion of agricultural frontier in the North Region December 21, 2007

Preliminary results1 of Agriculture Census 2006 show that crop areas in the country increased by...

Population Count: IBGE finds 11.4 thousand persons aged 100 or over in the municipalities surveyed December 21, 2007

The Population Count, which has been conducted in 5,435 municipalities1, shows Brazil has a total of...

In November, unemployment rate was 8.2% December 20, 2007

It was the lowest rate of all the new series of the PME, which began in March 2002. The employed...

IPCA-15 in December was 0.70% and IPCA-E closes the year at 4.36% December 20, 2007

The Extended Consumer Price Index -15 (IPCA-15) changed by 0.70% in December; this rate was above...

Services sector leads to bigger participation of Barueri (SP) in Brazilian GDP from 2002 to 2005 December 19, 2007

The increase of participation of the services sector in the national economy is a consequence of...

In Q3 2007, acquisition of milk by industry increased 10.2% December 19, 2007

In the third quarter of 2007, the acquisition of milk by industry was 4.4 billion liters, an...

Federal government and states increase participation in the expenditures of the cultural sector between 2003 and 2005 December 18, 2007

In the third quarter of 2007, the acquisition of milk by industry was 4.4 billion liters, an...

In October, volume of trade sales decreased by -0.2% and revenue, by -1.7% December 17, 2007

October had the first negative rates in 2007, compared to the previous month. In relation to...

Industrial employment changed by 0.3% in October December 13, 2007

The rate is the fourth positive one in the month/immediately previous month comparison (seasonally...

GDP changed 1.7% from Q2 to Q3, reaching R$ 645.2 billion December 12, 2007

The GDP (Gross National Product) increased 1.7% in the comparison of the third quarter with the...

National Construction Index changes by 0.48% in November December 11, 2007

The National Construction Index, calculated by IBGE in partnership with Caixa Econômica Federal,...

Vegetal extraction of coal fell 15.7% and changed trend of growth December 11, 2007

Vegetal extraction of coal fell 15.7% and changed trend of growth The value of forest primary...

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