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Agroindustry grows 6% in the first semester August 06, 2010

In the first semester of 2010, the Brazilian agroindustry grew 6%, a much higher result compared...

National Index of Civil Construction changed 0.74% in July August 06, 2010

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

In July, IBGE estimates grain harvest 9.2% larger than that of 2009 August 05, 2010

The national harvest of cereals, legumes and oil seeds must amount 146.4 million tons in 2010,...

In June, industrial production decreased by 1.0% August 03, 2010

In June 2010, industrial production decreased 1.0% in relation to May, in the seasonally adjusted...

2010 Demographic Census begins August 02, 2010

The 12th Brazilian Demographic Census began on Sunday, August 1st, 2010. Throughout this week and...

River and satellite navigation put 2010 Census interviews on the way to IBGE July 30, 2010

The 8,514,876.599 km² of the Brazilian territory constitute an additional challenge in the 2010...

Brazil will host the International Statistical Congress in 2015 July 29, 2010

IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics) will host, in the second semester of 2015,...

In June, the unemployment rate was 7% July 22, 2010

The unemployment rate decreased by 0.5 percentage points in relation to May and 1.1 percentage...

IPCA-15: - 0.09% in July July 20, 2010

The Extended Consumer Price Index -15 (IPCA-15) had a change of -0.09% in July, a lower rate than...

Census 2010: enumerators start final training phase July 19, 2010

IBGE starts today the attended training program for the 209,826 applicants approved for the second...

In May, retail sales increased 1.4% and nominal revenue, 0.4% July 13, 2010

Retail trade in the country recorded change of 1.4% in volume of sales and 0.4% in nominal revenue of...

Employment in industry increased 0.3% in May July 08, 2010

From April to May, employment in industry increased 0.3%, in the seasonally adjusted series,...

IPCA does not change and closes June at 0.0% July 07, 2010

Not having changed in June, the Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA) closed the month at...

National Index of Construction changes by 0.66% in June July 07, 2010

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

In May, industrial production increased in 6 of the 14 areas surveyed July 06, 2010

From April to May 2010, the seasonally adjusted regional indexes of industrial production...

Industrial production remained stable in May July 01, 2010

In May 2010, industrial production remained at the same level as in April (0.0%), after having...

47% of industrial companies have between 1 and 4 employees June 30, 2010

From 2007 to 2008, the number of industrial companies increased 10.8%... With the objective of...

Cattle slaughter closes first quarter of 2010 with a 5.3% decrease in relation to the fourth quarter of 2009 June 30, 2010

In the first quarter of 2010, 7.075 million cattle heads were slaughtered, 5.3% less than in the...

IBGE inaugurates 11 highly-precise location stations obtained from GPS data June 29, 2010

IBGE, in partnership with the National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform (INCRA) has...

In May, unemployment rate was 7.5% June 24, 2010

The unemployment rate was estimated at 7.5% in May 2010, according to the Monthly Employment...

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