In December, unemployment rate was 9.6% January 25, 2005

Rate fell 1.0 percentage point in relation to November and 1.3 percentage point in relation to...

Trade sales grow 6.44% in November January 18, 2005

A better base of comparison implies in deceleration in the growing rates of the sector, whose...

In November, industrial employment remains stable (0.0%), but it grows in the other comparisons January 17, 2005

  In November, the industrial employment presented null change compared to October (0.0%), in the...

IPCA of December was 0.86% January 14, 2005

In the year, index accumulated 7.60% and remained 1.70 percentage point below the index of 2003...

Industry grows in all Regions and in all the comparisons for the fourth consecutive month January 13, 2005

In November, the industrial production remains for the fourth consecutive month presenting...

Industrial Production changed –0.4% in November January 11, 2005

In November 2004, the industrial production changed –0.4% in relation to October, in the series...

In December, Civil Construction National Index increased 1.08% January 06, 2005

The Civil Construction National Index, calculated by the IBGE in partnership with CAIXA - Caixa...

'Social Municipal Indicators' show importance of retirement income in the household monthly income in the rural areas December 29, 2004

Around 35% of the old-aged in the municipalities up to 20 thousand inhabitants contribute with 30...

'Demographic Trends' presents detailed information about population growth and loss of the Brazilian municipalities December 28, 2004

  The IBGE publishes today "Demographic Trends: an analysis of the sample of the Demographic Census...

IBGE publishes ATLAS in DVD December 27, 2004

The National Atlas of Brazil is the first publication of IBGE in DVD ROM format. It contains 420...

Basic Vocabulary of Natural Resources and Environment December 27, 2004

GDP accumulated in the three quarters of 2004 was 1.3 trillion December 22, 2004

The Gross Domestic Product, measured at market prices, of Q3 2004 was R$ 457,736 million, out of...

Unemployment in November was 10.6% December 22, 2004

Rate remained statistically stable in relation to that of October (10.5%), the same way as the...

IPCA-15 of December changes 0.84% and IPCA-E closes 2004 at 7.54% December 21, 2004

In December, gasoline, alcohol, urban bus fees, landline telephones and wearing apparel were the...

IBGE publishes Civil Register Statistics 2003 December 21, 2004

In relation 1993, the proportion of mothers younger than 20 years old grew: in 2003, they were...

From 1997 to 2002, 133 state enterprises were made private December 20, 2004

In 2002, the business activity of the public administration was represented by 256 federal, state...

In October, industrial employment recoils 0.2% in relation to September and accumulates an increase of 1.4% in the year December 17, 2004

In October, after five months of expansion, industrial employment recorded a recoil of (-0.2%)...

The storing net of agricultural products in the country increases in 2004 December 16, 2004

The results of the survey of Stocks of the first quarter of 2004 show that the storing net of...

Overweight affects 38.8 million adult Brazilians December 16, 2004

Calculate your body mass index (IMC) (in Portuguese) The frequency of overweight among the...

Trade sales grow 8.46% in October December 15, 2004

Nominal revenue grows 13.40%. Sales and revenue accumulate, respectively, 9.27% and 12.24% in the...