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In 30 years, Northeast Region records biggest increase in life expectancy: 12.95 years August 02, 2013

The Northeast Region, which, in 1980, had the lowest life expectancy in Brazil (58.25 years), had, in...

Industrial output increases 1.9% in June August 01, 2013

In June 2013, the industrial output increased 1.9% in relation to the immediately previous month, in...

Unemployment rate: 6.0% in June July 24, 2013

The estimated unemployment rate was 6.0%, without any significant change over the May 2013 (5.8%) and...

IBGE launches Monthly Survey of Services July 22, 2013

On August 21, 2013, IBGE is going to launch the Monthly Survey of Services (PMS), aiming at...

IPCA-15 of July stays at 0.07% July 19, 2013

Period RATE JULY 2013 0.07% June 2013 0.38% July 2012 0.33% Cumulative in 2013 3.52% Cumulative in 12...

Retail sales remain stable (0.0%) in May July 11, 2013

The volume of sales of the retail trade remained stable (0.0%) in May. Nominal revenue registered...

In June, IBGE expects harvest to be 14.7% bigger than in 2012 July 09, 2013

The sixth estimate of the national harvest of cereals, legumes and oilseeds[i] added up to 185.7...

National Index of Civil Construction changes by 7.80% in June July 05, 2013

The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), estimated by IBGE in partnership with CAIXA,...

In May, industrial output decreased in nine of the 14 areas surveyed July 05, 2013

The seasonally adjusted industrial output also fell in terms of regional figures, from April to...

IPCA of June stays at 0.26% July 05, 2013

In the group of health and personal care, which changed from 0.94% in May to 0.36% in June, the...

Percentage of municipalities with Environmental Fund jumps from 1.5% to 37.2% in one decade July 03, 2013

As one of the main themes investigated by MUNIC 2012, the percentage of municipalities with...

Industrial output contracts (-2.0%) in May July 02, 2013

In May 2013, discounted the seasonal influences, the industrial output posted a drop of 2.0% over...

Producer Price Index (IPP) changes by 0.28% in May June 27, 2013

In May 2013, the Producer Price Index (IPP) recorded a change of 0.28% over that of April... In...

Annual Survey of Trade 2011: sector has revenue of 2.1 trillion and employs 9.8 million persons June 26, 2013

According to the results of the Annual Survey of Trade – PAC, relative to 2011, the trade sector...

Cattle slaughter hits Q1’s record in the time series June 25, 2013

Cattle slaughter in the first quarter of 2013 (8.1 million head) registered an increase of 12.7%...

IPCA-15 of June stays at 0.38% and IPCA-E at 1.36% June 21, 2013

The Extended National Consumer Price Index-15 (IPCA) changed 0,38% in June and stood below the...

Annual Survey of Industry: Iron ore's sales surpass diesel fuel's for the first time in 13 years June 21, 2013

Mining and quarrying industries have been leading the growth of the Brazilian industry between...

Unemployment stays at 5.8% in May June 20, 2013

The number of unemployed persons (jobless people trying to get in the market) in May 2013 was...

IBGE makes available to the public the mosaic images of the state of Pernambuco June 20, 2013

The new images of the state of Pernambuco, generated by the AVNIR-2 sensor (ALOS satellite) are...

PENSE 2012: more than one fourth of Brazilian students aged 13 to 15 have already driven a motor vehicle June 19, 2013

In spite of the prohibition according to Brazilian laws, 27.1% of ninth-grade students, aged 13...

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