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In November, retail sales increased by 1.1%, and nominal revenue, by 1.2% January 12, 2011

In November, retail trade in the country recorded increase of 1.1% in terms of volume of sales...

Industrial production increases in seven of the 14 surveyed places January 11, 2011

The Brazilian industrial production increased in seven of the 14 surveyed places between October...

The National Index of Civil Construction changed 0.26% in December and recorded a high of 7.36% in 2010 January 07, 2011

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

In 2010, national harvest increased 11.6%; for 2011, a 2.5% decrease is estimated January 06, 2011

The 12th estimate of the national harvest of cereals, legumes and oilseeds indicates a production...

IPCA-15 of December was 0.69% and IPCA-E closes the year at 5.79% December 21, 2010

The Extended National Consumer Price Index-15 (IPCA-15) changed 0. 69% in December and... The...

Cattle slaughter decreases 2.5% between 2nd and 3rd quarters December 17, 2010

In the third quarter of 2010, 7,394 million cattle heads were slaughtered, what represents a...

In November, unemployment rate was 5.7% December 17, 2010

That was the lowest rate since the beginning of the series of the survey, started in March of...

Brazilians eat less rice and beans and more industrialized food at home December 16, 2010

Between 2002-03 and 2008-09, the average annual per capita acquisition (the amount of a product a...

47.2% of people do not feel safe in the city where they live December 15, 2010

In 2009, 78.6% of people aged 10 or over felt safe in their housing units, 67.1% in the...

New edition of National Atlas reveals Brazilian territory changes December 14, 2010

IBGE releases today the Milton Santos National Atlas of Brazil, which updates the geographical...

In October, retail sales increased 0.4% and nominal revenue, 1.3% December 14, 2010

In October, retail trade in the country recorded 0.4% growth in volume of sales in relation to the...

IBGE releases Image Map of the Federal District December 10, 2010

The Image Map of the Federal District, which IBGE makes available today at...

In 2008, six capitals held 25% of GDP in the country December 10, 2010

São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasília, Curitiba, Belo Horizonte e Manaus had the six biggest...

Employment in industry was stable in October December 10, 2010

Between September and October, industrial employment showed stability (0.0%), already discounted seasonal...

Thematic maps reveal the diversity of the Amazon state December 09, 2010

IBGE releases today (09) a collection of thematic maps approaching Vegetation, Geology,...

In November, IPCA was 0.83% December 08, 2010

The Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA) closed November at 0.83% and was above the 0.75%...

National Index of Civil Construction changes 0.69% in November December 08, 2010

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

Industrial production grows in four of the 14 surveyed places December 07, 2010

The states that stood out were Bahia (5.4%) and Espírito Santo (3.8%)... Brazilian industrial...

Industrial production increased 0.4% in October December 02, 2010

In October 2010, industrial production increased 0.4% compared to the previous month (seasonally...

In 2009, life expectancy at birth was 73.17 years December 01, 2010

In 2009, life expectancy at birth in Brazil reached 73.17 years. Compared with 2008 there was an...

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