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GDP increased 4.2% in the first semester of 2004 August 31, 2004

The Gross Domestic Product at market prices increased 4.2% in the first semester of 2004 over the...

Brazil has more than 180 million inhabitants August 30, 2004

In 34 years, the Brazilian population almost doubled in relation to the 90 million inhabitants of...

Investment in public works down between 1996 and 2002 August 27, 2004

Participation of construction for public entities in total value of public works recorded decline, and...

New estimate for 2004 harvest is 119.5 million metric tons August 26, 2004

The seventh IBGE estimate for the national crop of cereals, legumes and oilseeds, based on July's...

People unoccupied rate in July was 11.2% August 26, 2004

In July, the rate had the third consecutive drop, and the occupied population at the six areas...

IPCA-15 index for August presented 0.79% variance August 24, 2004

The Consumption Price Index Amplified-15 (IPCA-15) presented 0.79% variance in August, lower than...

Trade sales grow 12.80% in June August 18, 2004

The month (12.80%), quarter (11.24%) and half-year (9.33%) rates are the highest since 2001. It is...

Industrial employment grows 0.5% in June and workers’ earnings increase 8.9% in first quarter August 17, 2004

For the second consecutive month, hiring in the industrial sector exceeds dismissals, when...

Industrial production grows in all surveyed locations in the first semester August 13, 2004

Only Rio de Janeiro registers stability The regional industrial production indexes demonstrated...

About the Indicators' publishing August 13, 2004

IBGE informs that the publishing of the Quarterly National Accounts - Volume Indicators, relative...

July IPCA was of 0.91% August 11, 2004

The Extended Consumer Price Index - IPCA in July changed 0.91% and registered 0.20 percentage...

IBGE launches cd rom with information about 5,560 brazilian municipal districts August 10, 2004

The IBGE is making available to society a CD ROM called "Base Estatcart de Informações Municipais...

Industry increased 0.5% in June and accumulated 7.7% in the semester August 06, 2004

The industrial production indexes for the month of June confirm the phase of sustained rhythm of...

Index of Construction recorded change of 0.94% in July August 04, 2004

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

2004 harvest will be 118.803 million metric tons, according to June's data July 29, 2004

The new estimate of IBGE, based on the data of June, indicates that the total production of...

IPCA-15 of July had change of 0.93% July 23, 2004

The Extended National Consumer Price Index-15 (IPCA-15) changed 0.93% in July and was higher than...

Unemployment rate was 11.7% in June July 22, 2004

The Monthly Employment Survey of IBGE, carried out in the six main Metropolitan Areas of the...

Note on IBGE data in HDI July 16, 2004

In regard to the use of IBGE data by UNDP for the compilation of the Human Development Index -...

Industrial employment increases 1.0% in May July 16, 2004

Between April and May this year, the number of hirings in the industrial sector surpasses again...

Industrial employment falls 0.5% in April June 17, 2004

After a cumulative increase of 1.6% during three months of expansion, the number of industrial...

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