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Number of municipalities with health care units increases in Brazil November 01, 2006

From 2002 to 2005, the number of health care units in Brazil increased by 17.8%. In 2002, 146...

Unemployment rate was 10.0% in September October 26, 2006

According to estimates of IBGE’s Monthly Employment Survey (PME), the 5.3% reduction of job search and...

IPCA-15 changes by 0.29% in October October 24, 2006

The result was extremely above the change in September (0.05%), mainly due to rise of the price of...

In August, retail trade sales increased by 2.32% October 17, 2006

Retail trade increased by 2.32% in terms of volume and by 2.35% in terms of nominal revenue of...

Industrial employment changes by -0.1% in August October 13, 2006

The rate was negative in relation to July, in the seasonally adjusted series. In comparison with...

IBGE releases the statistics of the Central Register of Enterprises – 2004 October 11, 2006

In 2004, 716,6 thousand new companies were opened in Brazil; 529,6 thousand were extinct, and...

National Construction Index changes by 0.24% in September October 10, 2006

The National Index of Construction, calculated by IBGE in partnership with CAIXA, changed by 0.24% in...

In August, industry increased in nine among 14 surveyed areas October 10, 2006

In relation to July, Bahia (3.2%), Goiás (2.1%), Minas Gerais (1.3%), Rio de Janeiro (1.1%) and...

Grain harvest estimate falls by 0.76% from August to September October 09, 2006

The estimated production for 2006 is about 116,546 million tons of cereals, legumes and oilseeds...

In September, Extended Consumer Price Index (IPCA) changed by 0.21% October 06, 2006

Index was higher than the index of August (0.05%). Indexes accumulated in the year (2.0%) and in...

In August, industrial production increased by 0.7% October 05, 2006

In August, the indexes of industrial production increased in the different types of comparison. ...

IBGE investigates female heads of household October 04, 2006

Based on data collected by the Monthly Employment Survey in August 2006, the IBGE researched a...

Slaughter of cattle and of hogs and pigs increases and slaughter of pullets decreases in Q2 2006 September 28, 2006

In the second quarter of 2006, 7,529 million cattle and 6,121 million hogs and pigs were...

GDP in the second quarter was R$ 508,7 billion September 28, 2006

At market prices, R$ 453,8 million refer to Value Added at basic prices and R$ 54,9 billion to...

Unemployment rate was 10.6% in August September 21, 2006

In August, the estimated unemployment rate in the group of six metropolitan areas (Recife,...

In September, IPCA-15 changes by 0.05% and IPCE-E closes the quarter at 0.22% September 21, 2006

The Extended Consumer Price Index-15 (IPCA-15) changed by 0.05% in September, a lower index in the...

The number of companies, revenue and employed persons increased in the sector of services from 2003 to 2004 September 20, 2006

The PAS (Annual Survey of Services) estimated in 885,266 the number of non-financial service...

Telecommunications, municipal highway transportation and engineering projects are outstanding products in the services sector September 20, 2006

The Supplement of Products and Services of the Annual Survey of Services 2004 (PAS) researched...

In July, trade sales changed by – 0.45% September 19, 2006

The volume of sales and nominal revenue (-0.03%) fell for the second consecutive month. In the...

PNAD 2005: income rises for the first time in 9 years September 15, 2006

In 2005, about 20% of the population 10 years of age or over in Brazil accessed the Internet, and,...

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