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In Q3, GDP increased by 1.8 % in relation to Q2 December 09, 2008

The GDP 1 at market prices recorded hike of 6.8% in the third quarter of 2008, in relation to the same quarter of 2007. The value added at basic...

In November, IBGE estimates increase of 9.4% in the 2008 harvest of grains December 08, 2008

In November, the 11th estimate of the national harvest of grains 1 for 2008, based on the Systematic Survey of Agricultural Production (LSPA), shows...

In October, industrial production decreased in 10 among 14 areas surveyed December 05, 2008

The index month/ immediately previous month (already seasonally adjusted) recorded the most pronounced decreases, based on the result of the...

In November, Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA) increased by 0.36 % December 05, 2008

The index was 0.09 percentage points lower than in October (0.45%) and close to the result registered in November 2007 (0.38%). ... The...

In 2007, there was one separation in each four marriages December 04, 2008

In 2007, although there were 916,006 marriages in Brazil, 2.9% more than in 2006 (889,828), the number of marriage dissolutions (divorces and separations...

Industrial production decreased by 1.7% in October December 02, 2008

In October 2008, the industrial production decreased by 1.7% compared to September, month in which it registered an expansion of 1.5%, in the series...

In 2007, expectation of life at birth was 72.57 years in Brazil December 01, 2008

Between 1991 and 2007, the expectation of life at birth in Brazil increased by 5 years, 6 months and 26 days, and the infant mortality rate (under...

Almost half of salaried workers worked in new enterprises in 2006 November 28, 2008

The number of active enterprises in the Central Register of Enterprises - CEMPRE had a continuous growth between 2000 and 2006, changing from 3.7...

IBGE: Brazilian population aging is in an accelerated rhythm and will stop increasing in 30 years November 27, 2008

Since the 1960’s the growing rate of the Brazilian population has been recording constant decreases, which have accelerated with the significant...

Cattle herd decreases 3.0% in the country and 5.0% November 26, 2008

The total cattle herd in Brazil decreased 3.0% between 2006 and 2007, changing from 205,886,244 to 199,752,014 cattle head. The decrease was even...

Extraction of native wood decreased in 2007, but recorded a value of 16.4 million m3 November 26, 2008

The production of silviculture 1 and of vegetal extraction 2 totaled R$ 12.1 billion in 2007. The percentage participation of silviculture in the...

IPCA-15 of November increased by 0.49% November 26, 2008

The Extended National Consumer Price Index - 15 (IPCA-15) increased by 0.49% in November, a rate higher than the one registered in October (0.30%). ...

In October, unemployment was stable (7.5%) and income decreased November 19, 2008

The unemployment rate 1 in the six metropolitan areas 2 , surveyed by the Monthly Employment Survey of IBGE, was almost stable in October (7.5%)...

In September, in retail trade, sales increased by 1.2% and nominal revenue by 1.3% November 18, 2008

In September, retail trade reached another positive result: in the comparison with August, increases were registered in the volume of sales (1.2%)...

IBGE releases the Regional Accounts 2003 - 2006 November 14, 2008

Almost 80% of the Brazilian GDP came from only 8 among 27 Federative Units: SP, RJ, MG, RS, PR, BA, SC and FD, but this concentration decreased in...

Industrial employment changed by 0.1% in September November 10, 2008

For the second consecutive month, the rate remained stable (0.1%), from August to September, not considering seasonal effects. Even so, the quarterly...

IPCA of October increased by 0.45% November 07, 2008

The Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA) of October increased by 0.45%, 0.19 percentage points above the rate of September (0.26%). With...

Grain harvest expected to fall by 3.3% in 2009 November 06, 2008

IBGE conducted, in October, the first estimate of production and area for the 2009 harvest, in the Southeast, South and Central West Regions in the...

GDP increased by 4.0% and reached R$ 2.37 trillion in 2006 November 05, 2008

After the increase of 3.2% of the GDP (Gross Domestic Product) in 2005, the Brazilian economy accelerated, with a rate of 4.0% in 2006. In current...

National Index of Construction increased by 0.95% in October November 05, 2008

(See the release in Portuguese) O Índice Nacional da Construção Civil (Sinapi), calculado pelo IBGE em convênio com a CAIXA, registrou variação...

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