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IBGE releases Brazilian Geographic Names Database September 23, 2011

Is Campos dos Goytacazes spelled with a "y" or an "i"? And São João Del Rei? How many cities named after...

Unemployment rate was 6.0% in August September 22, 2011

In the analysis by area, over July, the number of employed persons showed a scenario of stability in...

IBGE releases new Data Analysis of the Brazilian Network for Continuous Monitoring of the GNSS Systems September 21, 2011

IBGE releases today, the report on the Data Analysis of the Brazilian Network for Continuous...

In September, IPCA-15 was 0.53% and IPCA-E, 0.90% September 20, 2011

The Extended National Consumer Price Index – 15 (IPCA-15) recorded change of 0.53% in September, being...

In two years, 4 out of 10 new enterprises leave the market September 14, 2011

Among the 464.7 thousand enterprises that had entered the market in 2007, 353.6 thousand (76.1%)...

IBGE releases a Geosciences Manual for the 1:250000 Cartographic Base of Brazil September 13, 2011

IBGE releases today the Geosciences Technical Manual utilized in the elaboration of the 1:250000...

Retail sales grew by 1.4% and nominal revenue was 1.6% higher in July September 13, 2011

In July, retail trade in the country recorded increase of 1.4% in volume of sales over the...

Industrial employment changes -0.1% in July September 09, 2011

The industrial employment recorded a negative change (0.1%) in July of 2011 against the...

IBGE: harvest estimate in August surpasses 2010 figure by 6.3% September 09, 2011

August estimate compared to the 2010 output Among the 25 products selected, 14 recorded positive...

National Index of Civil Construction changes by 0.14% in August September 06, 2011

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

IPCA of August stays at 0.37% September 06, 2011

The Extended National Consumer Price Index - IPCA – rose again in August and recorded a change of...

GDP grows by 0.8% over Q1 and reaches R$ 1.02 trillion September 02, 2011

GDP (Gross Domestic Product) at market prices grew by 0.8% in the comparison between the first and the...

IBGE releases municipal population estimates in 2011 August 31, 2011

IBGE releases today, August 31, 2011, estimated figures for resident population in each of the...

Industrial output increased by 0.5% in July August 31, 2011

In July 2011, the industrial output increased by 0.5% over that of the previous month (seasonally...

PAS 2009: Services sector generated revenue of R$ 745.4 billion in 2009 August 26, 2011

In 2009, the 918.2 thousand non-financial services companies existing in the country generated...

Unemployment rate was 6.0% in July August 25, 2011

Considering the classification by employment type, the biggest increase in average real income...

IPCA-15 of August is 0.27% August 19, 2011

Among the indexes by area, the highest one was that of Brasília (0.44%), mainly due to the rise of...

IBGE awarded in international event August 17, 2011

IBGE has just been chosen as the winner of the Geospatial Excellence Award, for its project...

IBGE participates in international forum on geospatial information August 16, 2011

Eduardo Pereira Nunes, President of IBGE will speak tomorrow, (08/17/2011), at 9 a.m., in the...

Retail sales record changes of 0.2% in June and of 7.3% accumulated in the first semester August 11, 2011

In June, retail trade in the country changed by 0.2% in terms of volume of sales and by 0.6% in...

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