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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...

IBGE hosts the meeting of the Committee on Geospatial Data Infrastructure for the Americas December 01, 2010

By next Friday, December 3, the directors of geosciences institutes from Brazil, Canada, Chile,...

Members of the BRIC meet at IBGE to discuss harmonized statistics November 29, 2010

From November 29 to December 1st, representatives of the official statistics offices of Brazil,...

2010 Census: Brazilian population amounts to 190,732,694 persons November 29, 2010

After about four months of collection and supervision activities, throughout which 230 thousand...

Food insecurity decreases, but still affects 30.2% of Brazilian households November 26, 2010

The number of Brazilian households facing some level of food insecurity decreased from 34.9% to...

In October, unemployment was 6.1% November 25, 2010

The unemployment rate was statistically stable in relation to September (6.2%) and fell 1.4...

In 2009, production of logs from native forests increased more than that from planted forests November 24, 2010

The value of silviculture production (exploitation of planted forests) and wild-crop harvesting...

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