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IBGE releases population estimates of municipalities for 2017 August 30, 2017

The IBGE released today the estimates of the resident population for the 5,570 Brazilian...

National Anti-smoking Day: tobacco kills 6 million people a year August 29, 2017

Smoking is the main cause of avoidable deaths in the year. A study by the World Health...

Producer Price Index (IPP) changes -0.99% in July August 29, 2017

In July 2017, the Producer Price Index (IPP) had a change of -0.99% against the previous month, a...

Territory and tradition: investigating quilombola peoples August 28, 2017

Quilombola remaining peoples are groups that have the territory as the basis for physical, social,...

Definition of the SDGs indicators already under discussion August 25, 2017

The IBGE started to arrange, this month, meetings of the Work Groups engaged in the construction...

Cooperatives encourage producers to answer the Census of Agriculture August 24, 2017

The IBGE’s Executive Director, Fernando Abrantes, signed, today (August 24), an agreement between...

Families consume less and trade retreats in 2015 August 24, 2017

The trade figures for the year 2015 point out to losses of job positions and revenue, mainly...

PAC 2015: commercial enterprises generate revenue of 3.1 trillion reais August 24, 2017

In 2015, Brazil had 1.573 million commercial enterprises, which generated R$3.1 trillion in net...

In August, IPCA-15 changes 0.35% August 23, 2017

The Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15) had a change of 0.35% in August – the...

Fuels boost forecast of August's inflation August 23, 2017

The Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15) had a change of 0.35% in August, the...

Interview: Roberto Olinto talks about the challenge of heading IBGE August 22, 2017

Census of Agriculture, Consumer Expenditure Survey - POF, integration of administrative records...

National Day of Housing: Brazil has 11.4 million persons living in slums August 21, 2017

Glens, invasions, stilt houses, communities, slums... Several are the names used throughout Brazil to...

Trainees contribute to statistical and geoscientific production August 18, 2017

Decree no. 87,497, of August 18, 1982, provides students with the opportunity to participate in...

Pernambuco and Alagoas have the biggest unemployment rates in Q2 August 17, 2017

Pernambuco (18.8%) and Alagoas (17.8%) recorded the highest unemployment rates in Q2 2017,...

Continuous PNAD: unemployment rate fell in 11 of the 27 FUs in Q2 2017 August 17, 2017

In Q2 2017, the unemployment rate, in Brazil, was estimated at 13.0%, with com decrease in all the...

Services sector changes 1.3% in June over May August 16, 2017

In the seasonally-adjusted series, the services sector grew 1.3% in volume of services in June...

Business tourism takes off in June, rises up services sector August 16, 2017

Tourism activities stood out in the services sector in June, influencing the 1.3% increase over...

Retail sales present third consecutive positive rate August 15, 2017

National retail sales presented an advance of 1.2% in June, over May 2017. According to the...

Retail sales advance 1.2% in June August 15, 2017

Retail trade had the third increase over the previous month, in the seasonally-adjusted series....

IBGE finishes first selection process for 2017 Census of Agriculture August 14, 2017

"The candidates who were approved in the selection process should prepare the documentation...

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