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Voluntary work increases by 840 thousand persons in 2017 April 18, 2018

Voluntary work was carried out by 7.4 million persons in 2017, 840 thousand more than in 2016....

Continuous PNAD 2017: undertaking household tasks and care of persons increase among men, though women still dedicate nearly twice the time April 18, 2018

Between 2016 and 2017, the percentage of persons who carried out household tasks and care of...

The art of sericulture gains ground in the country April 17, 2018

Discovered nearly 4,500 BC and kept secret for centuries by the Chinese, the silk production...

IT Director highlights importance of technology in IBGE April 16, 2018

José Sant´Anna Bevilaqua, IBGE´s Director of Information Technology, is completing 50 years in...

IBGE discusses legislation on statistics and Censuses in Brasília April 13, 2018

Olinto highlighted the accounting nature of the event, due to the effort to carry out the Census...

Restaurants and telephony contribute to take the sector down in February April 13, 2018

The services sector kept stable (0,1%) from January to February, but had decrease of -2.2% in the...

Services Sector changes 0.1% in February April 13, 2018

In February 2018, the volume of services in Brazil recorded a positive change of 0.1% compared to...

Pace of sales decreases, maintains recovery in February April 12, 2018

According to the Monthly Survey of Trade, released today by the IBGE, the recovery of the retail...

Retail sales change -0.2% in February April 12, 2018

In the seasonally-adjusted series, volume of sales of the national retail trade changed -0.2% in...

10% of population concentrate nearly half of Brazilian income April 11, 2018

The Earnings from all sources module of the Continuous National Household Sample Survey -...

Continuous PNAD: 10% of population concentrate nearly half of wage bill in Brazil in 2017 April 11, 2018

In 2017, those 10% of the population with the highest earnings held 43.3% of the wage bill in...

Electronics boost February's output in Amazonas April 11, 2018

The industry of Amazonas grew 16.2% in February compared to the same month in 2017, leveraged by...

Industrial output grows in six of the fifteen surveyed places April 11, 2018

With the positive change of 0.2% in the national industrial output, six of the fifteen places...

ln March, construction labor force becomes cheaper April 10, 2018

Released today by the IBGE, the National Index of Civil Construction registered the lowest rate...

Northeast, only region expecting a harvest increase in 2018 April 10, 2018

Having an agricultural production estimated at 17.8 million tonnes for 2018, 9.3% bigger than in...

In March, IBGE expects harvest 4.7% smaller than 2017 April 10, 2018

The third estimate of the national harvest of cereals, legumes and oilseeds for 2018 added up to...

Airfares contribute to inflation drop April 10, 2018

March inflation stood at 0.09%, quite below the 0.32% of February, as disclosed today by the IBGE....

National Index of Civil Construction changes 0.14% in March April 10, 2018

The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), calculated by the IBGE, recorded a change of 0.14%...

IPCA changes 0.09% in March April 10, 2018

The Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA) of March changed 0.09%, quite below February's...

Maranhão ranks third in national production of acai berries April 09, 2018

With its production concentrated in the northeast of the State, Maranhão has increased the...

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