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Discouragement of those who have given up job searching June 01, 2018

In Brazil, in the 4th quarter of 2017, the discouraged reached 4.3 million people, the largest...

Agriculture drops, yet GDP rises 1.2% over Q1 2017 May 30, 2018

The Gross Domestic Product - GDP increased 1.2% in the first quarter of 2018 compared with the...

GDP increases 0.4% in Q1 2018 against Q4 2017 May 30, 2018

In the seasonally-adjusted series, the GDP increased 0.4% in the first quarter of 2018 against the...

Health advances, but remains far from the 1988 plans May 29, 2018

The 82nd anniversary of the IBGE is not the only important date celebrated by the Brazilian...

Trade leads unemployment increase in quarter ended April 2018 May 29, 2018

After some recovery in 2017, the unemployment rate increased once more in the quarter formed by...

Producer Price Index increases 1.56% in April May 29, 2018

In April 2018, prices of the mining and quarrying and manufacturing industries changed 1.56% in...

Continuous PNAD: unemployment rate of 12.9% in the quarter ended April May 29, 2018

The unemployment rate (12.9%) in the quarterly moving average between February to April 2018...

Food sector contributes to growth of producer prices in April May 29, 2018

With a 1.28% increase in April, food industry prices are on the rise for the third consecutive...

New communication channel brings IBGE closer to society May 28, 2018

The IBGE launches today a new communication channel that translates statistical and geoscientific...

Book discusses reconciliation between IBGE and Ministry of Health data May 25, 2018

The IBGE launches today the "Systems of Vital Statistics in Brazil: advances, perspectives and...

"Systems of Vital Statistics in Brazil" publication discusses reconciliation of IBGE and Ministry of Health data May 25, 2018

The IBGE launches today the "System of Vital Statistics in Brazil: advances, perspectives and...

Our daily coffee mixes tradition and modernity May 24, 2018

In one of the oldest restaurants downtown Rio, waiters - some of whom working there for more than...

More than 2.3 thousand products available for free download May 24, 2018

Among maps, books, researches and also the enrollment in courses and seminars, the IBGE's virtual...

Ethanol contributes to decrease in inflation forecast for May May 23, 2018

The inflation forecast for May was 0.14%, 0.07 percentage points below the April result (0.21%)....

In May, IPCA-15 stays at 0.14% May 23, 2018

The Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15) had a change of 0.14% in May, 0.07...

IBGE improves the calculation of domestic services for inflation indexes May 22, 2018

The coming IPCA-15, to be released tomorrow, May 23, will present a new form of inclusion of...

Citizen from Brasília crosses the country and reaches the four most extreme points May 21, 2018

A tourist walks down the Ponta do Seixas beach, in João Pessoa (PB), is in the easternmost point of the...

2020 Census: 52 cities take part in the Internet collection test May 21, 2018

The IBGE carries out, starting today, the first Internet collection test for the 2020 Population...

Illiteracy decreases in 2017, but remains above 2015 target May 18, 2018

The illiteracy rate of the population aged 15 and over in Brazil fell from 7.2% in 2016 to 7.0% in...

More than 25 million youngsters were not studying in 2017 May 18, 2018

More than half (25.2 million) of the 48.5 million youngsters aged 15 to 29 in Brazil had not...

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