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IPCA-15 changes by 0.41% in March March 23, 2007

The National Consumer Price Index -15 (IPCA-15) in March is slightly lower than in February...

Major change in the methodology of the construction of the National Accounts in Brazil occurred in 1997 March 21, 2007

Before, the performance of the Brazilian economy was measured by the Consolidated National...

IBGE releases new series of the System of National Accounts March 21, 2007

The System of National Accounts, which includes the calculation of GDP, now has year 2000 as its...

Industrial employment changed by 0.3% in January March 16, 2007

In January 2007, the seasonally adjusted rate of industrial employment relative to December 2006...

Retail trade begins 2007 with growth of 1.8% in the volume of sales and 2.0% in the revenue March 15, 2007

Both results are in relation to December 2006, in the comparison with seasonal adjustment. In the...

National Construction Index changed by 0.41% in February March 13, 2007

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

Industrial production decreases in seven of the fourteen areas surveyed March 12, 2007

Between December 2006 and January 2007 the industrial production fell in São Paulo (-1.0%), Minas...

IPCA changed by 0.44% in February March 09, 2007

The rate was exactly the same as in January (0.44%), especially due to the Education segment....

Harvest forecast of grains increases by 1.2% March 08, 2007

In the second evaluation of the harvest 2007, the IBGE estimates a production of 129.4 million...

IBGE launches second volume of the History of Brazilian Statistics March 07, 2007

IBGE has released the second volume of the collection History of the Brazilian Statistics,...

Industrial production changed by -0.3% in January March 06, 2007

In comparison with the result in December 2006, the seasonally adjusted rate interrupted a...

GDP accumulated growth of 2.9% in 2006 February 28, 2007

The GDP (Gross Domestic Product) at market prices accumulated in the year 2006 increased by 2.9%...

Extended Consumer Price Index - 15 (IPCA-15) of February was 0.46% February 27, 2007

The Extended Consumer Price Index- 15 (IPCA-15) changed by 0.46% in February 2007, below the rate...

Unemployment rate was 9.3% in January February 22, 2007

The unemployment rate registered by the Monthly Employment Survey of IBGE, in the six main...

Trade sales closed 2006 with increase of 6.2% February 15, 2007

In the December 06/November06 comparison, retail trade sales fell by 0.5% in terms of volume of...

IBGE launches database about 192 countries February 14, 2007

The channel Países@ (Countries@), available on the web site of the institute, presents a complete...

Employment in industry was stable in 2006 February 13, 2007

In 2006, the industrial employment was stable (0.0%), below the value of 2004 (1.8%) and 2005...

IPCA changed by 0.44% in January February 09, 2007

The index was slightly lower than in December (0.48%) and in January 2006 (0.59%). The figure...

Agricultural industry grows 1.6% in 2006 February 08, 2007

The Brazilian agroindustry grew by 1.6% in 2006, differently from 2005, when it fell by -1.0%....

Industry closed 2006 with expansion in 11 among 14 surveyed localities February 08, 2007

The industrial regional production closed the year of 2006 with growth in 11 among 14 investigated areas by the...

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