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National civil construction cost varied 1.07% in August September 08, 2004

The Construction Price Index, calculated by the IBGE in partnership with Caixa Econômica Federal, varied 1.07% in August, increasing 0.13 percentage...

IBGE will carry out survey about sports in the country, the first one since the 1970's September 02, 2004

The Minister of Sports, Agnelo Queiroz, and the IBGE President, Eduardo Pereira Nunes, announced today, September 02nd, at 10 o’clock, at the Esplanada...

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 same period of 2003. In the second quarter of 2004,...

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 the 1970 decade. It increased in 10 million people...

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 changed from 60.0% of the total, in 1996,...

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 data, indicated that the production can reach...

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 surveyed increased by 179 thousand people. In relation...

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 July, a month in which the rate, pressed by fuels,...

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 the first positive half-year since the beginning...

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 comparing month/prior month, for the series free of seasonal...

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 that the result of 7.7%, observed for...

About the Indicators' publishing August 13, 2004

IBGE informs that the publishing of the Quarterly National Accounts - Volume Indicators, relative to the second quarter of 2004, will be on August,...

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 points above June’s IPCA (0.71%). With July’s result,...

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 2003" [2003 Estatcart Municipal Information Database],...

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 productive activity. The rates are positive according...

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, increased 0.94% in July, advancing 0.20 percentage points...

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 cereals, legumes and oilseeds1 can reach 118.803 million...

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 the one recorded in June (0.56%). In the year,...

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 country, shows an unemployment rate of 11.7%. It was...

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 - HDI, IBGE clarifies that: 1 - On September 23, 2002,...

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