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In November, retail sales increased by 1.1%, and nominal revenue, by 1.2% January 12, 2011

In November, retail trade in the country recorded increase of 1.1% in terms of volume of sales versus the figure in the previous month, in the seasonally...

Industrial production increases in seven of the 14 surveyed places January 11, 2011

The Brazilian industrial production increased in seven of the 14 surveyed places between October and November 2010... The Brazilian industrial...

The National Index of Civil Construction changed 0.26% in December and recorded a high of 7.36% in 2010 January 07, 2011

The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), estimated by IBGE in partnership with CAIXA, recorded a change of 0.26% in December... The...

In 2010, national harvest increased 11.6%; for 2011, a 2.5% decrease is estimated January 06, 2011

The 12th estimate of the national harvest of cereals, legumes and oilseeds indicates a production of 149.5 million tons... The...

IPCA-15 of December was 0.69% and IPCA-E closes the year at 5.79% December 21, 2010

The Extended National Consumer Price Index-15 (IPCA-15) changed 0. 69% in December and ... The Extended National Consumer Price...

Cattle slaughter decreases 2.5% between 2nd and 3rd quarters December 17, 2010

In the third quarter of 2010, 7,394 million cattle heads were slaughtered, what represents a decrease of 2.5% in relation to the immediately previous...

In October, retail sales increased 0.4% and nominal revenue, 1.3% December 14, 2010

In October, retail trade in the country recorded 0.4% growth in volume of sales in relation to the previous month... In October,...

In 2008, six capitals held 25% of GDP in the country December 10, 2010

São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasília, Curitiba, Belo Horizonte e Manaus had the six biggest municipal GDP and, together, accounted for more than one-fourth...

Employment in industry was stable in October December 10, 2010

Between September and October, industrial employment showed stability (0.0%), already discounted seasonal effects, after having been practically...

In November, IPCA was 0.83% December 08, 2010

The Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA) closed November at 0.83% and was above the 0.75% rate of the previous month in 0.08 percentage...

National Index of Civil Construction changes 0.69% in November December 08, 2010

The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), estimated by IBGE in partnership with Caixa, recorded a change of 0.69% in November, advancing...

Industrial production grows in four of the 14 surveyed places December 07, 2010

The states that stood out were Bahia (5.4%) and Espírito Santo (3.8%)... Brazilian industrial production grew in four of the 14 surveyed places...

Industrial production increased 0.4% in October December 02, 2010

In October 2010, industrial production increased 0.4% compared to the previous month (seasonally adjusted series)... In October 2010,...

In 2009, production of logs from native forests increased more than that from planted forests November 24, 2010

The value of silviculture production (exploitation of planted forests) and wild-crop harvesting (exploitation of native vegetable resources)...

National total cattle herd increases by 1.5% in 2009 November 24, 2010

In 2009, the national total cattle herd reached 205.292 million heads, an increase of 1.5% compared with the previous year. Among herds of large...

In November, IPCA-15 stands at 0.86% November 23, 2010

The Extended Consumer Price Index-15 (IPCA-15) changed 0.86% in November, above the result of October (0.62%). The accumulated index of the year...

Regional Accounts: GDP from Piauí grows 8.8%, the highest increase of 2008 November 17, 2010

Piauí was the Brazilian state with the highest real growth in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2008 (8.8%), though it continued contributing...

In September, retail sales grow 0.4%. Nominal revenue rises 0.9% November 12, 2010

In September, the country’s retail trade recorded, in relation to the previous month (in the seasonally adjusted series), a growth of 0.4% for...

Employment in industry changed -0.1% in September November 11, 2010

From August to September, the industrial employment (seasonally adjusted) changed -0.1%, after eight positive results, when it accumulated an expansion...

In 2011, IBGE expects grain harvest to be 2.8% lower than in 2010 November 10, 2010

IBGE issued, in October, the first forecast for the 2011 harvest in the Southeast, South and Central-West regions and in the states of Rondônia,...

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