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Industrial employment grew 3.4% in 2010, the highest rate since 2002 February 11, 2011

After four months of stability, the employed personnel in industry decreased 0.1% in the comparison between December and November 2010 in the series...

In 2010, industrial production increased in all the 14 places surveyed February 09, 2011

In 2010, the Brazilian industrial production increased in the 14 places surveyed, with five Federation Units registering highs above the national...

Brazilian agricultural industry increased 4.7% in 2010 February 09, 2011

In 2010, Brazilian agricultural industry increased 4.7%, reversing the decline (-4.8%) recorded in the previous year... In 2010, Brazilian...

In January, IBGE estimates a grain harvest 1.8% smaller than in 2010 February 09, 2011

The national harvest of cereals, legumes and oilseeds points to an output of 146.8 million metric tons... January estimate versus...

National index of Civil Construction changed 0.27% in January February 08, 2011

The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), estimated by IBGE in partnership with CAIXA, started 2011 with a change almost equal ... The...

IPCA of January was 0.83% February 08, 2011

The National Consumer Price Index (IPCA) changed by 0.83% in January 2011 and was 0.20 percentage points above... The National Consumer...

Industrial production drops 0.7% in December and closes 2010 in 10.5% February 02, 2011

In December 2010, industrial production contracted 0.7%, in the seasonally adjusted series... In December 2010, the industrial production contracted...

UNESCO rewards IBGE for technology in the 2010 Census January 28, 2011

The technological innovations used in the 2010 Census, the first total digital census in the world, granted IBGE a position among the 10 award winners...

IPCA-15 of January was 0.76% January 26, 2011

The Extended National Consumer Price Index-15 (IPCA-15) changed 0.76% in January, a result which is superior to that of December (0.69%)... ...

In November 2010, industrial employment remained stable January 13, 2011

In the seasonally adjusted series, the employed population in industry remained stable since August 2010... In the seasonally adjusted series,...

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 November, unemployment rate was 5.7% December 17, 2010

That was the lowest rate since the beginning of the series of the survey, started in March of 2002... That was the lowest rate...

Brazilians eat less rice and beans and more industrialized food at home December 16, 2010

Between 2002-03 and 2008-09, the average annual per capita acquisition (the amount of a product a family acquires in one year, divided by the number...

47.2% of people do not feel safe in the city where they live December 15, 2010

In 2009, 78.6% of people aged 10 or over felt safe in their housing units, 67.1% in the neighborhood and 52.8% in the city... In 2009, 78.6%...

New edition of National Atlas reveals Brazilian territory changes December 14, 2010

IBGE releases today the Milton Santos National Atlas of Brazil, which updates the geographical information about the Brazilian territory. The...

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