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Macaé (RJ) in and Porto Alegre (RS) out of the top-10 ranking of GDP in the country December 13, 2006

The GDP of Municipalities shows that, in 2004, the concentration of the wealth produced in the...

In October, industrial employment decreased by 0.2% December 13, 2006

In October, industrial employment had negative change of 0.2% in relation to September,...

Cattle herd increased by 1.3% in 2005 December 11, 2006

In 2005, the Brazilian cattle herd summed 207.2 million animals, which represented an increase of...

IPCA changed by 0.31% in November December 08, 2006

The National Consumer Price Index (IPCA) changed by 0.31% ) in November and was similar to the...

Harvest estimates for 2006 indicate increase of 3% in comparison with 2005 figures December 07, 2006

In November, the harvest estimates for the national production of cereals, legumes and oilseeds...

Industrial production increased by 0.8% in October December 06, 2006

There was increase in the seasonally adjusted series, in comparison with September 2006. In...

Divorces and remarriages increase among Brazilians December 05, 2006

The Civil Register Statistics show that, between 2004 and 2005, the divorce rate in Brazil...

In 2005, life expectancy at birth of Brazilians was 71.9 years December 01, 2006

The infant mortality rate was 25.8%, having fallen by 14.3% between 2000 and 2005. Between 1991...

GDP changes by 0.5% from second to third quarter November 30, 2006

The change in relation to the same quarter in 2005 was 3.2%. The Gross Domestic Product...

IBGE releases Atlas of Literary Representations of Brazilian Regions November 27, 2006

IBGE releases Atlas of Literary Representations of Brazilian Regions The four-volume series...

Point by point, IBGE reveals a country of embroiderers November 24, 2006

Embroidery is the main type of handcrafted work in 75% of Brazilian municipalities The Survey of...

IPCA-15 changed by 0.37% in November November 24, 2006

The index is above the October figure (0.29%), mainly due to the rise of food prices. The IPCA-15...

Forestry production amounts to R$ 10.31 billion in 2005 November 22, 2006

Out of this total, 66.4% came from silviculture (planting of forests with exotic or native...

In September, retail trade sales increased by 2.06% November 17, 2006

The rate maintains tendency to increase, considering the seasonally adjusted month/previous month...

IBGE releases special edition of PME study about Color or Race November 17, 2006

The population who declares to be black and brown has fewer years of schooling and average income...

In 2004, North and Northeast gain participation in the GDP of the country November 16, 2006

The results of the Regional Accounts of 2004, published by the IBGE in partnership with the state...

In September, industrial employment increased by 0.4% November 14, 2006

From August to September, the employment in industry increased by 0.4% in the series without...

In October, the Extended Consumer Price Index changed by 0.33% November 10, 2006

The Extended Consumer Price Index (IPCA) of October changed by 0.33% and was higher than the one...

In September, industrial production fell in 8 among 14 surveyed localities November 10, 2006

The most pronounced decrease in relation to August was registered in Goiás (-7.2%). São Paulo...

In October, National Index of Construction changed by 0.22% November 08, 2006

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

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