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Supply of hospital equipment increases, there are more physicians, but fewer beds, and regional differences remain November 19, 2010

The number of completely or partially active health establishments increased from 77 thousand in...

Regional Accounts: GDP from Piauí grows 8.8%, the highest increase of 2008 November 17, 2010

Piauí was the Brazilian state with the highest real growth in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in...

Number of marriages decreases for the first time since 2002: 2.3% November 12, 2010

The total number of marriages occurred and registered in 2009 decreased 2.3%, in relation to 2008...

In September, retail sales grow 0.4%. Nominal revenue rises 0.9% November 12, 2010

In September, the country’s retail trade recorded, in relation to the previous month (in the...

Employment in industry changed -0.1% in September November 11, 2010

From August to September, the industrial employment (seasonally adjusted) changed -0.1%, after...

In 2011, IBGE expects grain harvest to be 2.8% lower than in 2010 November 10, 2010

IBGE issued, in October, the first forecast for the 2011 harvest in the Southeast, South and...

In September, industrial production decreased in 9 of the 14 areas surveyed November 10, 2010

The Brazilian industrial production recorded negative change of 0.2% between August and September 2010...

National Index of Civil Construction changed by 0.51% in October November 09, 2010

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

In October, IPCA was 0.75% November 09, 2010

The Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA) closed October at 0.75% and was above the 0.45%...

GDP reaches R$ 3 trillion and grows 5.2% in 2008 November 05, 2010

In 2008, the Brazilian economy recorded a 5.2% growth in volume of Gross Domestic Product (GDP),...

IBGE releases results of the 2010 Census collection November 04, 2010

IBGE reveals today, November 4, the resident population in each of the 5.565 Brazilian...

Industrial output changes -0.2% in September November 04, 2010

Contributing to the overall industrial activity rate of -0.2% between August and September, 15...

2008 PINTEC: proportion of innovative industrial companies rises from 31.5% to 38.1% in eight years October 29, 2010

The innovation rate of industry, of selected services (edition, telecommunication and computer...

High-growth companies generated 2.9 million formal jobs between 2005 and 2008 October 27, 2010

An unpublished study Demography of Enterprises, based on IBGE’s Central Register of Enterprises...

Agricultural production value decreases by 5.3% from 2008 to 2009 October 20, 2010

Production value in 2009 was R$ 140.8 billion, almost R$ 8.0 billion less (-5.3%) than in 2008. The...

In October, IPCA-15 was 0.62% October 20, 2010

The Extended National Consumer Price Index -15 (IPCA-15) changed 0.62% in October, higher than the...

20-10-2010: a planet well provided with numbers celebrates the first World Statistics Day October 19, 2010

On October 20, 2010, on an initiative by the United Nations (UN) Statistics Division, the World...

Employment in industry increased by 0.1% in August October 08, 2010

From July to August, employment in industry increased by 0.1% (seasonally adjusted series), the...

National Index of Civil Construction changes 0.35% in September October 07, 2010

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

In September, IPCA was 0.45% October 07, 2010

The Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA) closed September at 0.45%, much above the rate...

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