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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...

IPCA of July stays at 0.16% August 09, 2011

The Extended National Consumer Price Index - IPCA – of July recorded a result of 0.16%, quite near...

In July, IBGE estimates a harvest of grains 6.2% higher than the record harvest of 2010 August 09, 2011

The national harvest of cereal, legumes and oilseeds (cotton seed, peanut, rice, beans, castor...

Brazilian agriculture industry decreases by 3.3% in the 1st semester of 2011 August 09, 2011

In the first semester of 2011, the Brazilian agriculture industry decreased by 3.3%, a result...

Industrial output drops in 9 of the 14 places in June August 09, 2011

Nine of the fourteen places surveyed recorded negative rates between May and June, discounted the...

National Index of Civil Construction changes by 0.55% in July August 05, 2011

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

Producer Price Index (IPP) of June stays at -0.66% August 03, 2011

In June of 2011, the Producer Price Index (IPP) changed -0.66% compared with the previous month; a...

Industrial output contracts 1.6% in June August 02, 2011

In June of 2011, the industrial output contracted 1.6% against the previous month in the...

2008-2009 POF: more than 90% of the population eat few fruits, vegetables and greens July 28, 2011

The Brazilian population’s food consumption combines the traditional diet based on rice and beans...

IBGE releases the results of a study about color or race July 22, 2011

The "Survey of the Ethno-Racial Characteristics of the Population: a Study on the Classification...

IPCA-15 of July stays at 0.10% July 20, 2011

The Extended Consumer Price Index-15 (IPCA-15) changed 0.10% in July, below 0.13 percentage points in...

In June, unemployment was at 6.2% July 19, 2011

Conversely, in the classification by employment type, the highest increase in the real average income...

Publication approaches theoretical aspects of population mobility and analyzes the migration flows in Brazil July 15, 2011

From the 1980s, the population mobility has undergone important changes in the developed and...

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